What is Student Based Budgeting (SBB)?

More information coming in regarding the meetings that Claypool and his staff have held with various principal groups over the Continue reading →

Larger Cuts to Schools: 39% of Student Based Budgets

[UPDATE~ These potential cuts may be larger based on information sent by Central Office in an email…see the most recent data Continue reading →

Map: CPS Projected Budget Cuts (Non-Options Schools)

UPDATE: We have been advised that these cuts may be larger. Working on getting more information. (May 17, 2016) On Continue reading →

Deep Budget Cuts for CPS in 2016-2017?

[UPDATE~ These potential cuts were reported as larger in subsequent meetings…see the most recent data we have here.] Numerous sources have Continue reading →

CPS District 10th Day Budget Adjustment Based on Enrollment

I won’t comment much here except to say it is frustrating when CPS releases data to the press (not to Continue reading →

Adding in the CPS Facilities Plan Data…

UPDATE: We’re already updating the data based on crowdsourced remarks that we research and can verify.  Please see bottom of this Continue reading →

A History of CPS Enrollment 1999-2014 (Rough Draft)

It is difficult to do data work on CPS data.  Schools move, close, open, split, co-locate, turnaround, change names. I’m Continue reading →

The Real CPS High School Grad Rate Trend: What is it?

I caught this blog post by Lauren Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Sun Times and it made me wonder…why is the Continue reading →