Reflection on Chicago’s Amplified School Segregation | The Classroom Sooth

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Reflection on Chicago’s Amplified School Segregation

by classroomsooth

David is a teacher-organizer on the south side of Chicago.  He is a member of the Caucus of Rank-and File Educators (CORE) and I met him in 2009 fighting against school actions that destabilize students’ teaching and learning conditions and ultimately lead to neighborhood gentrification.
Recently Steve Bogira (@stevebogira) wrote an article comparing the educational conditions of two students in Cook County, IL. Hayley is a student at New Trier HS on the North Shore, and Jasmeen was David’s former student at Hirsch Metro HS on the south side of Chicago.
The article is gripping, and David provides wonderful added context from an educator’s perspective.  I encourage