Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett sought to swivel the spotlight this week away from the 49 underused Chicago schools that will close soon and back on the 632 that will not. Byrd-Bennett unveiled a five-year "action plan" to help kids graduate, to ready them for college, career, life. CPS has a steep climb here. Thousands of students drop out of Chicago public schools every year. Fewer than one in 10 high school juniors is college-ready. Tens of thousands of CPS students can't read or do math at state standards, even after those standards have been watered down. This isn't just about the quality of teachers in the classroom. It is...
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