Chicago Public Schools released a five-year plan called 'Together We Rise' to close the equity gap in neighborhood schools.
Sarah SchulteChicago Public Schools released a five-year plan called "Together We Rise" to close the equity gap in neighborhood schools.Federal COVID dollars helped Chicago Public Schools fund extra resources for neighborhood schools in Chicago's low income areas. CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said investing in those schools has brought higher results, especially among Black students. Building on that is the goal of the district's five-year strategic plan released Monday.
The main goal of the plan, called "Together We Rise," is to close the equity gap. Martinez insists it is not at the expense of selective enrollment, magnet and charter schools. The plan does not call for any changes to those schools but, the district is moving away from ranking schools. In addition, the plan calls for shifting from using metrics to define student success to using holistic measures of learning and wellbeing as benchmarks.
Alderpeople were briefed on the CPS plan a few days ago. Some are not buying a plan that doesn't use rankings and metrics to measure student achievement.
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