Chicago School Board Ups Property Taxes to Capture $25M Now, More Later
The 15-5 vote came with some surprises.
Maureen Kelleher
Recaps and New Beginnings
Board Rule celebrates its first year of covering the Chicago Board of Education.
Talking TIFs
TIF surplus is a growing part of the Chicago Public Schools' budget. But sweeping TIF districts pulls money from neighborhood construction, including schools. And the big TIF surpluses won't last forever.
The Data Issue: School Improvement, College Success
The UChicago Consortium on School Research has been helping Chicago Public Schools use data to improve for decades. Director Elaine Allensworth's new book shows schools how to pick metrics that matter.
InFocus: Talking Budgets with Norma Rios-Sierra
Board member Norma Rios-Sierra talks money and politics. Today's Agenda Review Committee will feature discussion of bids to repurpose three closed schools: Bontemps, Henson, and Shedd.
A Note of News and Thanks
While the Black Student Achievement Committee inches closer to the starting line, the superintendent search appears stuck in neutral.
CPS propone que Cisneros comparta espacio con Shields
“Por lo menos de lo que he escuchado de la comunidad de Shields, no será bien recibido,” advirtió ayer la concejal Julia Ramírez (distrito 12). Por su parte, la comunidad de Cisneros tampoco mostró mucho entusiasmo ante la propuesta.