UPDATE: Federal Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Bloomberg’s DOE + Schoolcuts: Amazing resources on Chicago schools @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Schoolcuts: Amazing resources on Chicago schools crisis – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:

Just Say No: “Big egos don’t produce success”

by plthomasedd

I thought I was about to read yet another news story about Michelle Rhee and DC schools when I saw this headline: Big egos don’t produce success, study finds Instead, I found an article about research addressing students who feel entitled. Yet, I cannot help thinking that the headline from Australian Geographic is a potential […]

Federal Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Bloomberg’s DOE

by Jim Horn

Could this be the first significant step in the beginning of the end of school resegregation in America? From the Education Law Center: Federal Civil Rights Complaint Brought by Parents and Community Groups Parents and community groups filed a complaint with the federal Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights, on May 20, 2013. They charge the New […]

Schoolcuts: Amazing resources on Chicago schools crisis

by Chalk Face, PhD

I was directed towards the following site for information on the Chicago school disruptions. It has absolutely everything you need to know.

But one of the things I was wondering, which prompted the suggestion for Schoolcuts, was the kinds of re-routing kids would have to experience. I asked for an exemplary route and was given William H. King ES (closed) to Jensen ES (receiver).

They’re just under a mile from each other, so let’s take a look at the new walk to school, from King to Jensen. I mapped it. Took some screenshots on the way. Here’s a gallery:

Some keepsakes from the walk there.

I don’t know what we’re supposed to learn from this. I was just curious. And this is only from school to school. But imagine what it must be like now for these communities to soon have a giant abandoned building sitting there. That can’t be good.