“That’s Bad Data!” Press Conference Edition

Good data helps to create a clearer picture of reality; doesn’t create a smokescreen of confusion or misunderstanding; and is Continue reading →

The question not being asked by parents about re-opening schools

Why aren’t we asking better questions about re-opening? Parents, we can do better. While I appreciate the issues of families Continue reading →

Re-Opening Schools: In Two Different Pandemic Worlds

For the (mostly) white, higher-income parents in Chicagoland complaining that Chicago Public Schools (or Evanston or Oak Park, etc.) are Continue reading →

The Case of the Disappearing Schools

There are 148 CPS schools with enrolled students missing from the most recent Space Utilization Report. 148 Schools. With no Continue reading →

Space Utilization… then (2015) and now (2018)

It’s been 48 hours since I pulled down the new Space Utilization data posted by CPS last Friday and have Continue reading →

CPS Space Utilization Data changing… why? (Part 2)

You can read about the change in formula here and Part 1 of looking at changing school data here. Another Continue reading →

Official School Capacity changed in many schools since 2012…why? (Part 1)

My Twitter DM’s and email have been blowing up since CPS released the new School Utilization data last Friday. Many Continue reading →

New Year… New CPS Utilization Formula

On Friday, January 19, 2018, CPS released new Utilization Review formula guidelines for calculating whether a school is considered “underutilized” Continue reading →