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Converted to the School district's Administration office; Cornell Elementary School - located at 7525 S. Maryland Ave, closed in 1975 and demolished in 1980. Dodge Elementary School - Now served as Chicago Public Schools, Garfield Park Office. Ana Roque De Duprey School - located at 2620 W Hirsch St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of ...
"THE HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ADOLESCENT-RAISING INSTITUTION: AN INNER HISTORY OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1856–1940" (PhD dissertation, University of Chicago, 1978; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1978. T-26947). Herrick, Mary J. The Chicago schools: a social and political history (1971) online the major scholarly history. Hogan, David.
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%. [72] Chicago has a history of high dropout rates, with around half of students failing to graduate for the past 30 years.
An August 27, 2015 article by the Chicago Tribune refers to the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools as the largest private school system in the United States. [1] A wave of school closures after the 2014-2015 school year caused over 200 employees to change jobs and over 1,200 pupils to change schools. [2]
Central Stickney School District 110; Chicago Heights School District 170; Chicago Ridge School District 127-5; Cicero School District 99; Community Consolidated School District 59; Community Consolidated School District 146; Community Consolidated School District 168; Cook County School District 130; Country Club Hills School District 160
Aug. 15, 1977: King Tut’s reign in Chicago ends More than 1.3 million people — at a rate of more than 1,000 per hour — viewed the King Tut exhibit while it was in Chicago.
In 1901, the Board of Education decreed that the school day would run from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon, and from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a 15-minute recess each session. On July 30, 1903, the first telephone in School District 170 was placed in the office of the Superintendent of Schools at a cost of $18 per year.
In order to provide elementary school students with instruction during the indefinite school closure, superintendent of Chicago Public Schools William Johnson and assistant superintendent in charge of elementary schools Minnie Fallon developed a distance learning program that provided the students in grades three through eight with instruction via radio broadcasts.