chicago schools
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New Video Shows Student's Account of What Chicago Police Did to Her Was Exactly as Bad as She Said
You can believe Chicago police, stalwarts of truth and integrity, or you can believe surveillance footage. But in yet another incident involving a young black person, you cannot believe both. This time, surveillance video released last week from a Chicago high school contradicts earlier CPD statements that they were provoked to punch and use a…
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Dressed for Success? This Charter School’s Policies Are Humiliating Its Female Students
As if puberty isn’t humiliating enough, the award-winning Noble Charter Schools network of Chicago was recently accused of instituting what several former teachers call “dehumanizing” policies to monitor their high school students. In addition to boasting high test scores and graduation rates, the schools, which are located in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods, go above…