As CPS prepares to close a record number of schools, the fate of students and communities is in question.
Join the conversation
We encourage our readers to leave comments and engage in dialogue about our stories. But before you do, please check out our "rules of the road."
Recent Notebook Entries
Right Now On Notebook
By:
By:
Subscribe to catalyst-chicago.org by e-mail
Other Blogs
catalyst-chicago.org feeds
Current Issue
In Focus: Thousands of students in the early grades miss weeks of school
By: Rebecca Harris / September 01, 2011
Preschool and the primary grades lay an educational foundation for children’s schooling, but chronic absenteeism in the early grades can crack that foundation—and in CPS, 15 percent of children in preschool through 3rd grade missed a month or more of school in 2010. A new study will shed more light on the problem and point the way toward solutions.
Preschool and the primary grades lay an educational foundation for children’s schooling, but chronic absenteeism in the early grades can crack that foundation—and in CPS, 15 percent of children in preschool through 3rd grade missed a month or more of school in 2010. A new study will shed more light on the problem and point the way toward solutions.
For more, go to the latest Catalyst In Focus.
In Focus: Thousands of students in the early grades miss weeks o
the preschool program never should have been change to a half day program. Wasnt the reason why cps made the change to two half day classes so it could reach more kids?
Track E is just as ridiculous. I will have to swallow really hard if my daughters school goes Track E.
Add your comment