School Pictures Town Hall Presentation 1

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Education Town Hall Meeting 1

School Programs

Monday, November 18, 2013


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Blocks TogetherCarey Tercentenary AME Church,Lawndale AllianceUIC Institute for Policy and CivicEngagementWest Siders Against All School ClosingsRaise Your Hand

Austin Weekly News


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BackgroundEarly childhood programs

School performance

Graduation ratesJuvenile delinquency


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Background


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Background

The Chicago Board of Educationvoted to close 49 public schools and

1 high school program in June 2013.

The West Side took a significant hit. 23 of 49 schools are on the West Side

of Chicago, representing 47% of all

school closures in 2013.

The West Side is home to 17% of all

schools in Chicago


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School Turnarounds

The Chicago Board of Education also votedto turn around 6 schools 5 of the 6 schools were turned over to

AUSL. AUSL fired existing staff andreplaced them with new staff. Chalmers, Dewey, O'Keefe, Carter and

Lewis Chalmers and Lewis are on the West

Side

Clara Barton School was turned overto Strategic Learning Initiatives, whichwill turn the school around withoutfiring staff.


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School Turnarounds

AUSL now manages 29 ChicagoPublic schools, 9 of which are onthe West Side of Chicago.

They have their own network, asopposed to being in the samenetwork with local neighborhoodschools.

Neighborhood schools andcharter schools each have theirrespective networks as well.


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AUSL

David Vitale, the President of theBoard of Education, is the formerChairman of the Board of AUSL

Tim Cawley, the ChiefAdministrative Officer of CPS is aformer managing director of AUSL

AUSL has a virtual monopoly on all

school turnarounds, and hasreceived $10.98 million in the 2013school year from CPS


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AUSL

The big winner in closing NorthLawndale schools is AUSL. Bethune,an AUSL school, closed before beingcompletely turned around.

AUSL will took over Chalmers.

Pope closed, and Johnson, which is anAUSL school, assumed its boundaries.

AUSL now controls every school in oraround Douglas Park.

While Hensons receiving school is

Hughes, the new attendanceboundaries were drawn such that themajority of Henson students will go toHerzl, another AUSL school


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Teach for

America


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Teach For America is an Americannon-profit organization whosemission is to "eliminateeducational inequity by enlisting

high-achieving recent collegegraduates and professionals toteach" for at least two years in low-income communities throughout

the United States.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_For_America
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There are massive layoffs of teachers andsupport staff as a result of Chicago PublicSchools closing a record 50 schools atthe end of the 2013 year. At the sametime:

CPS increased its Teach For America

(TFA) contract to $1.6 million, from$1.3 million in 2012 and just $600,000in 2011.

The money pays for a referral fee, apayment to TFA of about $3,000 forevery teacher who is hired by aChicago principal.

Source: Rebecca Harris, Catalyst-Chicago Magazine


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313 first- and second-year corps

members59 percent of all TFAteachers in the districtwork incharter schools.

Among TFA alumni, 50 to 60percent are in chartersanother450 teachers.

Source: Rebecca Harris, Catalyst-Chicago Magazine


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Nearly 17% of

Chicagos public

schools are on

the West Side.Over 52% of TFA

placements are

on Chicagos

West Side, with

nearly 60% in

charter schools.

Source: Catalyst Chicago Magazine

1 GAGE PARK 45

2 NORTH LAWNDALE 42

3 EAST GARFIELD PARK 38

4 AUBURN GRESHAM 29

5 HUMBOLDT PARK 27

6 NEAR WEST SIDE 27

7AUSTIN 19

8 ENGLEWOOD 19

9 ROGERS PARK 17

10 BRONZEVILLE 16

11 WEST TOWN 16

12 GREATER GRAND CROSSING 14

13 LOWER WEST SIDE 14

14 SOUTH SHORE 13

15 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS 13

Total 349

Total (West Side) 183

Total (South Side) 149

Total (North Side) 17

NEIGHBO RHOODS WITH THEMOST TE CH FOR MERIC

MEMBERS


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EarlyhildhoodPrograms


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Austin 33 33

East Garfield Park 15 15

Humboldt Park 26 26

Lower West Side 17 17

Near West Side 21 21

North Lawndale 22 22

South Lawndale 23 23

West Garfield Park 7 7

West Town 20 20

Other Communities 110

Total 160 50

Source: ChicagoEarlyLearning.org

The West Side is home to 50, or

31% of publicly-funded early

childhood education programs.


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Beasley CPC 5165 S State 773-535-1772 Austin-North Lawndale

Burke CPC 4935 S. Indiana 773-535-1325 Austin-North Lawndale

Fiske CPC 6020 S. Langley 773-535-0640 Austin-North Lawndale

Hansberry/Webster 4055 W. Arthington 773-534-6931 Garfield Humboldt

Herzl CPC 1401 S. Hamlin 773-534-1751 Austin-North Lawndale

Melody CPC 3905 W. Wilcox St. 773-534-6450 Garfield Humboldt

Wadsworth CPC 6650 S. Ellis 773-535-0750 Austin-North Lawndale

CPS Application Sites for

Early Learning Programs


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SchoolPerformance


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There are 112 Elementary Schools andcampuses on the Citys West Side. Theseinclude neighborhood schools, charters,magnets, turnarounds and contract

schools On average, about 41.8% of ChicagosWest Side students met or exceededstate standards in reading in 2013.Citywide, approximately 48% of students

met or exceeded state standards inreading.

About 59% of students in the State ofIllinois met or exceeded state standardsin reading and math.


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Public Charter Contract AUSL Total

At or Above City Averages 30 2 0 0 32

At or Above West Side Averages 12 3 0 1 16

Below City and West Side Averages 52 6 1 5 64

Total 94 11 1 6 112

West Side Schools

2013 ISAT Reading Results

Thirty-two of the West Sides 112 elementary

schools performed as well or better than city

averages; 16 performed at or above the West

Side averages, while 64 under-performed

West Side averages.


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Public Charter Contract AUSL

At or Above City Averages 32% 18% 0% 0%

At or Above West Side Averages 13% 27% 0% 17%

Below City and West Side Averages 55% 55% 100% 83%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

2013 ISAT Reading Results Scores:

West Side Schools vs. Citywide

Thirty-two percent of the West Sides publicschools performed at or above city averages.

Likewise, 18% of the West Sides charter schools

performed at or above city averages. Fifty-five

percent of charters and public schools under-

performed West Side averages.


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There are 38 High Schools andcampuses on the Citys West Side.These include neighborhoodschools, charters, magnets,

turnarounds and contract schools The average ACT score in reading

for West Side Students for 2013was 16.4, compared to 17.8

citywide. The average ACT reading score

statewide was 20.8 in 2012.

ACT Scores


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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

West Side Average 15 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 17

City Average 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18

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Graduation Rates


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Graduation Rates

State of Illinois (1) 83%

City of Chicago 64%

West Side 66%

The West Side of Chicago 5-year graduation ratefor 2013 exceeded the citywide rate by 2percentage points.

(1) Four-year graduation rate.

Sources: ISBE Illinois Report Card; CPS


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Economic Impact of

Dropping out

The economic impact of dropping out of

high school is staggering. Robert Wise,

President of the Alliance for Education,

shared the following facts during a recent

meeting in Chicago.

About 17,000 Chicago public school

students did not graduate with their

class in 2007. The lost lifetime earnings

in Chicago for this class of dropouts

total more than $4.5 billion.

North Lawndale Schools: Gaining Ground or on Shaky Ground/June 16, 2010


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Economic Impact of

Dropping out Each class of dropouts from the Chicago

Public School district would save the city

more than $280 million in reduced health

care costs over the course of their

lifetimes if they graduate.

If 1,000 additional Chicago students were

to graduate, it is estimated they would

earn approximately $20 million inincreased income a year (based on

median annual income by level of

education).Source: Wise, R. Transforming Lives and Communities: Building Public and Private

Will to Overcome the Dropout Crisis. (2008) Alliance for Excellent Education


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Getting Behind the

Numbers

Voices of Youth in Chicago

Education (VOYCE), a

collaborative of youth from

around the city used youthresearchers to survey youth on

the reasons why they drop out.



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What VOYCE Found

Finding #1: Students in ChicagoPublic Schools believe that theyare the ones to blame for thefailures of the school system.

Finding #2: Dropping out is notsomething that students plan or

anticipate. It is something thathappens slowly over time.

Source: Student- Led Solutions to the Nations Dropout

Crisis, A Report by Voices of Youth in Chicagos Education,

November, 2008



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What VOYCE Found

Finding #3: Teachers, parents, andstudents agree that relevance incurriculum is critical to students

engagement in school.

Students often dont find thecurriculum to be relevant

Finding #4: The curriculum needs toexplicitly make the connection thatschool is a stepping stone to collegeand future careers.

One way to do this is by takingstudents to visit college campuses

Source: Student- Led Solutions to the Nations Dropout Crisis, A

Report by Voices of Youth in Chicagos Education, November, 2008



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Finding #5: Teaching techniques mustaccommodate many different styles of

learning because different methodswork for different students.

Finding #6: Students state that familyand friends influence them the most,

even more than teachers andcounselors. 58% of students said that the best thing

about their school was the students.

Highlights the importance of peer-to-peer influence in motivating studentsto stay in school.

It is important to increase the influencethat teachers and counselors have onstudents



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Finding #7: More security does not

necessarily lead to a greater feeling ofsafety.

64% of students think that it is easy tosneak things that are prohibited into

school. However, 47% DO NOT think that

having better metal detectors in theschool would make it safer.

Finding #8: For a learningenvironment to be safe, studentsmust not only feel physically safe, butfeel safe to express themselves.



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What We Found

Between 2009 and 2010, 11,225 youth were

arrested on school property and referred to

Juvenile Court.

Of this number, 2,751, or 25%, were from the

West Side of Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune once described the CookCounty Juvenile Temporary Detention Center

as a warehouse for kids.



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District 2009% Total

20092010

% Total

2010TOTAL

9 213 3.77 267 4.79 480

10 100 1.77 133 2.39 233

11 320 5.66 255 4.57 57512 369 6.53 308 5.53 677

13 141 2.5 120 2.15 261

14 55 0.97 73 1.31 128

15 182 3.22 215 3.86 397West

Side1,380 24.42 1,371 24.6 2,751

Citywide 5,651 100.01 5,574 100 11,225

Juvenile Arrests at Public School Locations by District

(City of Chicago, 2009 & 2010)


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Juvenile Arrests by Offense Type

The top two offenses weredrug abuse violation andsimple battery.

The offenses with the largest

increases between 2003 and2008 were Robbery

Miscellaneous non-indexoffenses,

Vandalism and warrant arrests

The offenses with the greatestdecreases include Drug abuse violations

Simple battery

Motor vehicle theft

North Lawndale Schools: Gainng Ground or on Shaky Ground/June 16, 2010

Source: Chicago Police Department, Juvenile Justice Volume 4 Issue 1

Juvenile Arrest Trends 2003-2008


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What are

you

prepared

to do to

helpimprove

schools?

Tell usafter the

breakout


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Follow Up:

This presentation and handouts will be posted to

The Lawndale Alliance blog, at

http://lawndalealliance.blogspot.com

Policy on the Ground blog, athttp://policyontheground.net

Scribd.com

Questions may be directed to Valerie F. Leonard

at 773-571-3886 or [email protected]
http://lawndalealliance.blogspot.com/http://policyontheground.net/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://policyontheground.net/http://lawndalealliance.blogspot.com/

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