Tag: school closure
Baltimore’s Renaissance Academy will continue
A troubled high school in Baltimore will remain open, thanks to strong and loving feedback from students and the community. And $1 million in cash.
Highland Park board member resigns in protest
A district on Chicago's N. Shore is going through a tough time, and the outgoing supt. thinks some schools should be closed. Not everyone agrees.
Students opt out with testing overload
Opting out of tests has become a habit, esp. in some states, like N.Y. Teachers College surveyed parents to determine their reasons.
Positive effects seen from NYC H.S. closures
The closure of low-performing high schools in New York brought considerable resistance from communities, but the end result may have been positive.
Carroll Co. resident hopes board faces hard facts
We respond to a letter that says school board shouldn't push the panic button whenever it might be necessary to close a school.
Time to call it a band. And a school.
We bid farewell to one of the Chicago area's premier high school marching bands on our way to the largest marching event in the nation.
Dyett hunger strikers get a small win
Protesters will continue a hunger strike, even after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a decent-sounding compromise.
Dyett hunger strikers go to Washington
Federal officials heard about the hunger strike at Dyett HS in Chicago, but we wonder, What good will come of it?
Lincoln-Way CHSD 210 votes to close North H.S.
A high school that rose during the pre-recession housing boom in Chicago's southwest suburbs will close at the end of this school year.
Courts may consider disparate impact analysis
A SCOTUS case from Texas seriously tested the use of disparate impact theory in racial discrimination claims. Victory.