Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, June 20, 2017.
Report: Less than a quarter of Chicago teens attend their neighborhood high schools
Less than a quarter of Chicago students attend their neighborhood public high school, according to a report by DNAinfo Chicago. In 2007, almost 45 percent of Chicago teens went to their neighborhood Chicago Public Schools high school. The numbers show a dramatic shift toward selective enrollment Chicago Public Schools and private schools. CPS has also been giving parents and students more choice about their schools. “I don’t think it’s people abandoning neighborhood schools,” the district’s chief education officer, Janice Jackson told DNAinfo Chicago. “I think we know that there’s a degree of competitiveness within schools and we make sure there’s balance there. Parents have choice, and we do want parents to choose based on their values.” [DNAinfo Chicago]
