Required Viewing
Sunday, 31 August 2008 Jacob TomawBefore you participate in the discussions of health care and education below, you must watch this.
Archive for the 'Education' Tag
Not your typical urban school story
Tuesday, 18 December 2007 Jacob TomawI was rather surprised to read this today in my Trib feed,
Chicago could close 10 to 15 public elementary schools in each of the next five years, officials are expected to announce Wednesday, as enrollment plummets on the city’s Near West and South Sides. (my emphasis)
Some of the schools in Chicago are only 50% utilized and a few are only at 30%. The overall elementary enrollment has fallen by 41,000 future Daley voters in the last 7 years.
Warum?
James Dispensa, director of CPS demographics and planning, said it was part of a larger trend nationwide, driven by falling birthrates. The children of many Baby Boomers, meanwhile, have moved on to high school, where enrollment remains strong.
The US birthrate has been of recent interest to me. (Obviously?) I know a lot of people who are pregnant, have given birth in the last year or so, or I expect to have children in the next 2 years. (If your name has an ‘r’ in it I am thinking of you.) It is hard for me to tell if this is part of a larger trend or if I just know a lot of people at the same stage in life who are just the normal breeders.