Parents Unveil Documentary On Chicago Education Gap
A North Shore parent group presented their documentary Thursday at Northwestern University.
What's 60093 minus 60628? Approximately $7,000. That's the average difference between how much money is spent annually on each student at New Trier Township High School vs. each student at Christian Fenger Academy High School, in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. That number translates into materials, course offerings, athletic and arts programs, ACT/SAT scores, college enrollment and, ultimately, professional success. That's the difference a zip code makes. Two Septembers ago, state Sen. Rev. James Meeks put a face on Illinois public-school-funding inequities by steering 30 school buses' worth of students from some of Chicago's underperforming public schools to "enroll" at New Trier's Northfield campus for one day. After this event, eight …
