What is the proof that the schools need changing?
There is, unfortunately, a wealth of evidence that many schools are failing to adequately educate their students. By the time they reach high school, more than half of CPS students thats more than 71,000 children attend schools that are chronically failing, defined as schools in which more than two-thirds of the students dont meet state standards for academic achievement. Overall, nearly a third of CPS students are failing to meet state standards in math, and more than 40 percent are failing in reading. Only 51 percent of CPS high school students graduate, and of those graduates, only half go on to attend college. Even those who complete their CPS education are often poorly prepared for further learning; for every 100 African-American and Hispanic males who graduate from CPS, only three earn a college degree.
