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Snapshot of why Chicago public schools blow chunks

June 9, 2008 by libertyisforme

$This explains Chicago\'s public education problem$ Recently, I was driving through a Chicago neighborhood and I found this: Stay on track…No school.

This is an example of why Chicago has a drop out problem.

What makes this worse is that parents are stuck with this type of shitty public school, Hay Elementary Community Academy.

Hay Elementary students’ can’t read or write well. Surprise, surprise public schools can’t teach. The average math and reading proficiency scores at the school are 46% and 54%.

Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read | Tagged bad education, chicago, drop outs, public schools, school choice | 6 Comments

6 Responses to “Snapshot of why Chicago public schools blow chunks”

on 09 Jun 2008 at 11:40 am1 Richard Lorenc

I heard an AMAZING stat the other day: Only six percent (6%) of CPS graduates end up getting a college degree.

6%.
on 09 Jun 2008 at 5:36 pm2 libertyisforme

Doesn’t surprise me.
on 10 Jun 2008 at 10:26 am3 Nicky Cheese

Richard,

I was debating a girl that works for CPS over the weekend. I need that statistic. Hook up the source.

Cheese
on 10 Jun 2008 at 10:53 am4 Richard Lorenc

Here ya go:

http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/news_citations/042106_chicagotribune.html

“Of every 100 freshmen entering a Chicago public high school, only about six will earn a bachelor’s degree by the time they’re in their mid-20s, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Thursday by the Consortium on Chicago School Research.

The prospects are even worse for African-American and Latino male freshmen, who only have about a 3 percent chance of obtaining a bachelor’s degree by the time they’re 25.”
on 10 Jun 2008 at 10:56 am5 Richard Lorenc

I guess my initial contention about CPS “graduates” was incorrect, but the shock of the stat still stands.
on 20 Jul 2008 at 3:02 pm6 learnthinkdo

Still crazy. I can believe about the African-American and Latino males - saw the juniors and seniors when volunteering for Junior Achievement. They cared about going to college like we care about moving to Alaska.

There was a group of four black boys in the front row who listened to everything I said. Turned out they were immigrants from Nigeria. Draw your own conclusions about the school systems in Nigeria and West side of Chicago.