Friday, February 18, 2011

Chicago Public School racial disparity grew under Daley: UIC profs

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
A study by two University of Illinois at Chicago professors Thursday dumped on the idea of a Chicago Public Schools “miracle’’ under Mayor Daley and pushed for an elected — rather than appointed — school board to move city schools forward.

The disparities between black and white students, and between Latino and white students, have only grown larger under Daley, creating a “two-tier” public education system, according to the analysis by Pauline Lipman and Eric “Rico” Gutman.
No word yet from Arne Duncan on this one.