Catalyst Chicago
INN Member since 2011
332 S. Michigan Ave., Ste 500
Chicago, Illinois
60604
United States of America
Member Headlines
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In the News: Neighborhood schools beat turnarounds on ISAT
An advocacy group, Designs for Change, has analyzed ISAT scores and found that many high-poverty neighborhood elementary schools are out-performing turnaround schools. And some of those high-performing neighborhood schools are getting results in facilities sorely in need of repair, while CPS is pouring millions into turnarounds, said Don Moore, executive director of Designs for Change, Catalyst...
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Last-ditch efforts aim to stop school closings, turnarounds
On the eve of the Board of Education vote on school closings and turnarounds, CPS leaders said they will reopen a neighborhood option in the Crane High School building, city council members questioned CPS leaders and activists and parents made final arguments that their schools have made gains and don’t need dramatic change. Also, an advocacy organization once again raised questions about whether...
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In the News: CPS' parent engagement not connecting
Despite a well-publicized commitment to involve parents in the city’s public education system, some of them are not happy with how Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his school team are following through. And some say they are still not familiar with the new Office of Community and Family Engagement, according to the Chicago News Cooperative. Two days before the Chicago Board of Education votes to close or...
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In the News: Piccolo parents end 1-day protest
Community activists and parents at Brian Piccolo Elementary Specialty School in West Humboldt Park ended an overnight campus sit-in Saturday staged to protest a vote scheduled Wednesday on whether to designate Piccolo a turnaround school. (Tribune) Illinois' Supreme Court sided with Chicago Public Schools on Friday in a protracted legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the fate of...
