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16 unusual facts about Chicago Public Schools


Better Government Association

The Chicago Public School system will save tens of millions of dollars a year under a new sick-day policy that will end excessive sick-day payouts.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, the BGA exposed fraud in the Chicago Public Schools, lax security at the O’Hare International Airport, and corrupt secretary of state George Ryan, among other investigations.

Betty Shabazz International Charter School

In early 1997 when charter schools were being introduced into the Chicago Public Schools, the founders began their work to establish a free Afrocentric school.

All the schools have to follow the guidelines of the Illinois State Board of Education and the Chicago Public Schools.

The school began as an elementary school, but began serving high school students in 2005 after Chicago Public Schools approved the school's request to open DuSable Leadership Academy campus inside of DuSable High School.

Chicago Public Media

The organization was started to take over the operation of 91.5 WBEZ from the Chicago Board of Education in 1990.

Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools is currently the third largest school district in the United States, with more than 400,000 students enrolled in the school district.

Chicago Teachers Union

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is a labor union representing teachers, paraprofessionals, and clinicians in the Chicago public school system.

Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet

After the exhibit ended in September 2007, some of the globes were auctioned off and the proceeds used to fund environmental programs in Chicago Public Schools.

Jerome W. Van Gorkom

In January 1980, Van Gorkom became president of the Chicago School Finance Authority, a body newly created by the Government of Illinois to turn around the Chicago Public Schools, which were running a $94 million annual operating deficit.

Latino Youth High School

Latino Youth High School also receives funding and support from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), The Department of Children and Family Services' (DCFS), and the Youth Development and Training Program (YSDTP).

Lawrence Langowski

After Chicago 2016 dissolved he worked with World Sport Chicago, Chicago 2016's legacy organization, to impact inner-city at-risk youth in the Chicago Public Schools system through sport.

Nancy Kurshan

Along the way, Nancy raised two children, got a master's degree in social work and worked for 20 years as a social worker in the Chicago Public Schools.

Norwood Park, Chicago

Chicago Public Schools serves Norwood Park, as the aforementioned schools are located in and serve the area.

Ursula Levy

While employed by Chicago Public Schools, she would go on to earn a master of science degree in psychiatric nursing from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

West Town Academy

It became a fully state-certified high school in 1998 and, as cited in a November 11, 2003 article in the Chicago Tribune entitled "1 in 5 blacks drop out" and a Chicago Sun-Times January 9, 2004 article entitled "Schools pressured to dump bad students, critics say", has been retrieving "disenrolled" minority students from the Chicago Public Schools system through its association as a campus of Youth Connection Charter School.


Anthony Adams

In 2009, Adams visited several Chicago Public Schools to help students write letters to troops overseas during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

John Milton Gregory

John Milton Gregory Elementary School (established 1923) of the Chicago Public Schools is named after Gregory and is located in the historic North Lawndale, Chicago community.

Josephine D'Angelo

She became a physical education teacher and later received a master's degree from Chicago State University, spanning a 34-year career in the Chicago Public Schools system until her retirement in 1980.