Sarah Karp, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:58:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Sarah Karp, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com 32 32 163009088 Fewer students enroll in neighborhood high schools https://www.chicagoreporter.com/fewer-students-enroll-neighborhood-high-schools/ Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:32:01 +0000 http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/fewer-students-enroll-neighborhood-high-schools/ New data show that neighborhood high schools have reached a troubling milestone: Most now enroll only one-fourth of the students living in their attendance areas. District officials have begun to focus on the daunting task of coming up with a comprehensive plan to revitalize schools that have been losing students for many years.

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]]> 8371 Tough lessons for Rahm https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tough-lessons-rahm/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/tough-lessons-rahm/ Education promises to be a central issue in the 2015 mayoral election, especially in black communities that have borne the brunt of school closings, teacher layoffs and charter expansion.

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]]> 8276 CPS reverses decision to close Dyett High School https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cps-reverses-decision-close-dyett-high-school/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/cps-reverses-decision-close-dyett-high-school/ CPS officials made the surprise announcement Friday that they want proposals for a new, open enrollment neighborhood high school to be located at Dyett High, the Washington Park school that is in the last year of being phased out. Jitu Brown of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, who has been leading community activists, parents and students […]

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]]> 8171 Life after being arrested at school https://www.chicagoreporter.com/life-after-being-arrested-school/ Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:00:00 +0000 http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/life-after-being-arrested-school/ From our sister publication, Catalyst Chicago: Anthony Martinez was one of thousands of CPS students led away in handcuffs from school by police. He’s hoping to get a fresh start when he begins high school in the fall.

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]]> 7781 Catching up https://www.chicagoreporter.com/catching/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/catching/ This article is the second installment in a four-part series focusing on school funding. “Chicago Matters” is an annual public information series initiated and funded by The Chicago Community Trust, with programming by WTTW, Channel 11, Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and the Reporter. One Friday morning in early March, the auditorium at […]

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