Already one of the most dangerous cities in the country, last year their own accountability school report card would demonstrate that huge majorities of students in the city's worst schools, 75 percent in elementary and 95 percent in high school, failed to meet the state standards.
Last year, the Chicago Tribune pointed out that "Just 30% of Black students meet or exceed reading standards in the third grade, and the number falls to 14% for 11th graders, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education." Chicago schools clearly aren't getting the job done Chicago schools clearly aren't getting the job done, but fear not, the political leaders in the city have discovered a solution to the problem stop grading schools.
In an interview at the time, Mayor Brandon Johnson said: "I personally don't give a lot of attention to grades. How do you grade a system, when the system has not fulfilled its basic obligation of providing an equitable system that speaks to the needs of students. My responsibility is not simply to just grade the system, but to fund the system. That's how I'm ultimately going to grade whether or not our public school system is working: based upon the investments that we make to the people who rely on it." Missing items included laptops, iPads, Wi-Fi hotspots, printers, document cameras and interactive whiteboards In other words, forget demanding accountability and simply throw money at the problem.
In the annual report from the Inspector General of Chicago Public Schools it was revealed that millions of dollars worth of tech devices were reported lost or stolen, "Without appropriate search and recovery efforts." The fiscal year 2023 annual report released Tuesday states that CPS schools reported 77,505 tech devices as lost or stolen during the 2021-22 school year, totalling well over $23 million in original purchase price.
"At three dozen schools, 100 percent of tech devices assigned specifically to students were marked lost or stolen, inventory data showed. At 36 schools, EVERY tech device that was assigned to students turned up either lost or stolen Let me reiterate that last fact, at 36 schools, EVERY tech device that was assigned to students turned up either lost or stolen. I'm sure I'm not the only person that can deduce that something is drastically wrong with that happening, A CPS spokesperson told Fox News:"In a District of our size, some device loss is expected, but we remain concerned about the loss of any public asset.
Not only is the amount of loss totally unacceptable, but the Inspector General of the Chicago Public School system stated that there was not "appropriate search and recovery efforts.
Which is a scary thought, since during that same school year CPS spent upwards of $124 million on "technology assets," which the report said was the most in the last five school years.
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