This is now an archived account. The Generation All initiative has come to a close. THANK YOU to everyone who partnered with us in supporting and advocating for neighborhood public high schools and their students! For a selection of our resources visit https://t.co/06v83bL3z0
The Cleveland Alliance for Education Research is modeled on the partnership between the @UChiConsortium and @ChiPubSchools. Read about how Cleveland is using #research and #data to improve public #schools: https://t.co/yAsFrG3c1P
Tune in to @WBEZ on Sunday at 3 pm for Testing the Candidates, a one-hour special where we interview @LightfootForChi and @toniforchicago on the future of Chicago Public Schools.
Choosing a high school, or having it choose you, "induces sleepless nights and constant comparisons to classmates. If this sounds like the college process, it pretty much is. Imagine doing it at age 13, at your most volatile emotional self."
https://t.co/9yfWbELRKo
What a fab crew of people! I am a better principal because of the coaching and support from this organization. Thank you for supporting myself and @RCA_WARRIORS
#GoCPS HS Notifications: Round 1 Offers coming Fri, Mar 29 (according to https://t.co/p8cwX04p1e). We are still paying close attention to how this newish #GoCPS system plays out & what the impact is on students and schools. (1/x)
What does racial equity look like in our schools?
Is it enough to create plans for equity? Or does equity demand equity in the process, w those most impacted leading the changes we need?
Chicago parents are at today’s #cpsboard to talk about their #5YrVision (1/x)
Jackson question-If #CPS#5YrVision is successful, what will be different? Lincoln Park student, “nhood schools will be first choice. It won’t be about, I got into X selective school, but happy to be in any CPS school bc they’ll all be excellent”. #SpeakTruth@ILRaiseYourHand
Thank you for the kind words! We have the best jobs in the world here, getting to work with amazing people and orgs across this city like @ILRaiseYourHand@Generation__All@Parents4KCP@kbh57 who inspire us to build the Chicago we deserve.
Thank you for leading the way!
"Mr. Mayor, if you really see the light, here's what you can do. Kill the Lincoln Yards TIF. Instead, take that $1.3 billion from Sterling Bay and use it to hire counselors, nurses, therapists, librarians and tutors the kids in our public schools need." https://t.co/16P4zsJ7OL
At the McCormick Foundation Media Awards banquet where I am going to give a keynote to a few hundred teen journalists from Chicago Public Schools... going to tell them “keep your eyes on what is going on, you have power and go get to them!!!”
ICYMI:
Generation All will be wrapping up our work on 3/31/19. We are proud of the dialogue we helped create about neighborhood HSs & school choice. THANK YOU for being a part of it! Read our farewell letter here: https://t.co/4wepazCIsJ
One hundred Chicago public schools applied for $32 million to launch specialty programs -- IB, STEM, fine and performing arts. Thirty-two schools were named Tuesday to share the money over six years. https://t.co/bVIr4Iynii
To Note: 1) the graduation rate for African American males is increasing & this not refuted that BUT 2) the number getting diplomas from controversial alternative schools (w/ less credits, many online, half day programs) increased dramatically (1/2) https://t.co/BJ9NIGXG7C