There are approximately 410,000 students in the 655 schools in the CPS system. That’s approximately 18.8% of all Illinois public school students. 84.9% of these students are from low-income families; 14.4% of these students are limited-English-proficient; 91.3%...
Education has been my life’s work, starting on the South Side of Chicago where I grew up along with my sister and brother, as a part of my mother’s inner city after-school tutoring program, Sue Duncan’s Children’s Center, where I learned to, as she says...
Over the last two months parents, parent groups such as Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) and the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (C.O.R.E.) — the “reform” caucus of the Chicago Teachers Union have organized protests over announced...
Educational Attainment of 25 to 34 year olds: 2007 Degree attainment among today’s 25 to 34 year-olds is fairly fluid. 25 to 34 years old % Population 39.8 million Not a high school graduate 12.9% High school graduate 28.6% Some college, but no degree 18.1%...
College Enrollment Rates by Gender: 1970 and 2006 (In millions) Year Total Student Population Female Male 1970 7.4 4.4 3.0 1980 11.4 5.4 6.0 2006 17.2 7.5 9.7...
School Enrollment Rates by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age: 1980 to 2006 Let’s examine enrollment rates in a little bit greater detail, breaking it down by race and age. White 1980 1990 2006 3 and 4 years old 36.3 44.9 55.6 20 and 21 years old 31.9 41.0 48.2...
