Space Utilization Testimony to Chicago Education Facilities Task Force

Click below to download Raise Your Hand’s testimony to the Illinois State Board of Education’s Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force.  Continue reading →

CPS Space Utilization Formula = Tough Choice for Principals

I promised you a nifty visualization of how the CPS Space Utilization formula (as it is currently calculated) affects neighborhood Continue reading →

CPS School Closings: Which Ones Will It Be?

Let’s just state this for the record… …I have no definite idea which schools that CPS is interested in closing. Continue reading →

CPS Space Utilization Formula Comparison…the Summary

In visual form: In “Storified” Twitter Conversation, with a specific examples grounded in the data of 4 CPS elementary schools.: Continue reading →

Space Utilization “Show Your Work!” (Part 2)

Catch up on Part 1 of “Space Utilization: Show Your Work!” here. So, how did you come up with your Continue reading →

Space Utilization “Show your work!” (Part 1)

With space utilization such a hot topic at CPS right now, of course it makes sense that some of you Continue reading →

Looking at Data: Largest Average Elem Class Sizes 2011-12

(My clever blog post title was going to be “When Is Bigger Not Always Better?”  Safer to go with the Continue reading →

Looking at Data: Distribution of IEP Students across School Types

I got a question from Illinois Raise Your Hand on Twitter yesterday.  Even though it was Sunday, I just had Continue reading →