By CTU Communications | August 30, 2015 | Action, Schools
File under: #fightfordyett, #wearedyett, Broke on Purpose, brokeonpurpose, Charter Schools, community development, disinvestment, Dyett, High School, KOCO, Outsourcing, Privatization, Racism, school choice, STEM education
They were gathered in the name of Dyett, the high school that the leaders of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced in 2012 would be shuttered at the end of 2015. This group of parents, community members, and students sat in the 95-degree heat to demand a meeting with the alderman, Will Burns. They wanted…
By Sarah Rothschild | June 15, 2015 | Justice, Schools
File under: educational funding, Jobs, military education, opportunities to learn, STEM education
On June 5, the mayor announced a STEM pilot program at Phoenix Military Academy. CPS already created a STEM program at Rickover Naval Academy in 2013. It is not a coincidence that STEM is being promoted in military schools (and others, as well). CPS is currently in...
