Chicago Mayor’s Plan To Update H.S. Graduation Has A Fatal Flaw
“Some advocates say Emanuel’s new plan will create another barrier for the city’s most vulnerable students, in particular, black and Latino students already struggling to graduate from under-resourced, overcrowded schools.
Over the past three years, Emanuel’s involvement in Chicago Public Schools board decision-making and budget allocations has angered activists and parents, who accuse him of carelessly engineering an inequitable distribution of school closings that disproportionately affected black or Latino neighborhoods.”