“Should Chicago Have an Elected Representative School Board? A New Review of the Evidence”
From our friends at the Collaborative for Equity and Education (UI-Chicago):
February 2015: Should Chicago Have an Elected Representative School Board? A New Review of the Evidence
Authors: Pauline Lipman, Eric (Rico) Gutstein, Rhoda Rae Gutierrez, and Tirzah Blanche
Chicago has never had an elected school board, unlike 98 percent of school districts across the US, and all other districts in Illinois. In 2012, 87 percent of 80,000 Chicago residents voted in 13 percent of the city’s precincts for an elected school board in a nonbinding referendum. A similar referendum is on the February 24, 2015 ballot in 37 of Chicago’s 50 wards. These referenda and the 2013 closing of 50 schools have brought to a head the question of an elected Board of Education for Chicago. This report examines the results of mayoral control of schools, assesses existing Board policies and discusses opportunities for open participation and accountability, including the possible results of an elected school board.
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