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'''Chicago Public Schools''', commonly abbreviated as '''CPS''' by local residents and politicians, is a large ] that manages over 600 public elementary and high schools in ]. Chicago Public Schools is currently the ] school district in the ], with more than 400,000 students enrolled in the school district. The position of CEO of the CPS was created by Mayor ] after he successfully convinced the Illinois State Legislature to place CPS under the mayor's control.


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Ron Huberman is the current CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

Schools

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Clemente High School
Lincoln Park High School
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Jones College Prep High School

CPS is a vast system of primary,secondary, and disability schools confined to Chicago's city limits. This system is the second largest employer in Chicago.

Most schools in the district, being PreK-8, elementary, middle, or secondary, have attendance boundaries, restricting student enrollment outside of any given residential area. A school may elect to enroll students outside their attendance boundaries if there is space, and or if it has a magnet cluster program. Full magnet schools, such as Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy, are open to student enrollment citywide, provided that applicants meet a level of high academic standards: living near a magnet school does not guarantee admission. Magnets offer a variety of academic programs with various focuses (agriculture, fine arts, international baccalaureate, Montessori, Math, Literature, and Paideia programs, among others).

The school system also contains nine regional gifted centers, including: Lenart Regional Gifted Center, Beasley Regional Gifted Center, Beaubien Regional Gifted Center, Bell Regional Gifted Center, Carnegie Regional Gifted Center, Edison Regional Gifted Center, Keller Regional Gifted Center, Pritzker Regional Gifted Center, and South Loop Regional Gifted Center.

Performance

The April 21, 2006 issue of the Chicago Tribune revealed a study released by the Consortium on Chicago School Research that stated that 6 of every 100 CPS freshmen would earn a bachelor's degree by age 25. 3 in 100 black or Latino men would earn a bachelor's degree by age 25. The study tracked Chicago high school students who graduated in 1998 and 1999. 35% of CPS students who went to college earned their bachelor's degree within six years, below the national average of 64%.

Chicago has a history of high dropout rates, with around half of students failing to graduate for the past 30 years. Criticism is directed at the CPS for inflating its performance figures. Through such techniques as counting students who swap schools before dropping out as transfers but not dropouts, it publishes graduation claims as high as 71%. Nonetheless, throughout the 1990s actual rates seem to have improved slightly, as true graduation estimates rose from 48% in 1991 to 54% in 2004.

As announced on September 8, 2006, due to an ongoing series of campaigns and programs, including one which emphasized the importance of fathers accompanying their children to the first day of school, and parents picking up their children's report cards, first day attendance rose from a previous year high of 92% in 2005 to 92.8% for the first day of classes, Tuesday, September 5, 2006.


See also

References

  1. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-school-chief-27-jan27,0,2627479.story
  2. "Chicago's Largest Employers". ChicagoBusiness. Crain Communications, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  3. "Consortium on Chicago School Research finds graduation rates lower than typically reported". Consortium on Chicago School Research. University of Chicago. 2005. Retrieved 2008-12-06.

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