Selective Enrollment News Today

A group of Chicago Public Schools parents fed up with a lack of busing for students at magnet and selective enrollment schools during the 2023-24 school year, took their cause Tuesday to City Hall in a spirited protest calling for busing for all students across Chicago. More than a hundred people gathered at the Daley Plaza downtown, using the symbolism of the traditional yellow bus to drive ...

It’s no surprise that the need for and acceptance of school choice alternatives is growing dramatically.

At Pierce Elementary School in Edgewater on Tuesday, Chicago Public Schools officials again addressed fears of school closures swirling among some district families since the Chicago Board of Education voted late last year to transition away from policies that “drive student enrollment away from neighborhood schools” and ensure neighborhood schools are “fully-resourced.” It’s not clear yet, ...

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., sent a letter to Chicago's Democratic mayor slamming his plan to close charter schools despite pledging on the campaign trail to keep them open.

The Board of Education for Chicago Public Schools is moving forward with a resolution that could impact selective enrollment. It approved the “Transformational Strategic Plan” on Thursday. The five-year plan aims to strengthen neighborhood schools in the city.

Signaling a paradigm shift in a school system largely shaped by choice, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday to prioritize neighborhood schools in Chicago Public Schools’ forthcoming five-year strategic plan — a document that will guide investments in the district through 2029 and is slated to be released in June. Among a range of goals aimed at “disrupting cycles of ...

During his campaign for mayor, Brandon Johnson put out a statement saying that he would not get rid of Chicago’s selective-enrollment schools. Those of us who kept receipts know that precise words released by his campaign were, “a Johnson administration would not end selective enrollment at CPS schools.” At the time, Johnson and his Chicago Teachers Union backers well knew that any attempt to ...

After technical glitches forced the cancellation of Chicago Public Schools’ High School Admissions Test last week, the district’s 26,000 eighth graders will finally be able to put the competitive assessment of their reading and math skills behind them starting next week. In a letter sent to families Wednesday, CPS announced that eighth graders, regardless of whether they were able to complete ...

Chicago Public Schools said it’s still working to set a new date for the High School Admissions Test that eighth graders were expecting to take Wednesday. The students encountered confusion and frustration that morning after the test couldn’t be administered because of what CPS called “technical issues with the vendor testing platform.” “We recognize the stress many students and families ...

A new poll just released is painting a clearer picture of which Chicago mayoral candidate may come out on top next week.