Chicago Public Schools Have Recovered?

 

 

There was a report on how Chicago public school students have academically recovered from COVID 19 pandemic declines. Which is good, but are the Chicago Public Schools helping students who are on a path to becoming neighborhood criminals.

 

Marc Sims

Chicago

CPS students’ reading gains rank among top 3 large districts in the nation, study finds

Research by Harvard and Stanford universities found Chicago’s 3rd- to 8th-grade students outpaced most similar districts in reading growth from 2019 to 2023, while Illinois was one of only three states whose reading achievement now exceeds 2019 levels.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/02/18/cps-chicago-public-schools-students-reading-math-test-scores-pandemic-growth-education-recovery-scorecard

Chicago Public Schools Recover From Pandemic Declines More Than Other Districts, Study Shows

Elaine Allensworth, Lewis-Sebring Director of the UChicago Consortium, said the findings were “exciting and surprising,” but also a little puzzling because attendance is still low and absenteeism is still high.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/02/19/chicago-public-schools-recover-from-pandemic-declines-more-than-other-districts-study-shows

 

 

In Chicago between 2019 and 2023 we lost something like 30ish thousand kids from the school system.  So you know the the Harvard and Stanford study is um what they're doing is super helpful they're trying to give us a picture of how things are changing but they're looking at average test scores for basically different groups of kids in 2019 to 2023.

Jens Ludwig (University of Chicago's Crime and Education Labs)

https://youtu.be/uTbE54SSSIs?si=CChpF8OxV_KoN8NO&t=1601

 

 

Chicago Public Schools struggles to get dropouts to drop back in

The program targets school-aged teens who have been out of class for at least a year and are at higher risk of being involved in gun violence.

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-effort-to-get-at-risk-kids-back-in-school-off-to-slow-start/ddada294-003c-449b-97c3-4c0cc6722055

Alternative To Twitter (X)?

 

 

 

I hear about people leaving Twitter, but is there a better alternative to Twitter(X)?    

I think META's Threads is OK.

I think Bluesky, also known as Bluesky Social is OK.

Then again what I'm offering very few people want?

https://www.threads.net/@marcsimschicago

@MarcSimsChicago.bsky.social

Marc Sims

Chicago

 

 

 

Marc Sims

Host

Just A Few Questions Podcast 

Just A few Questions podcast topics are education, public safety, and other stuff.

https://open.spotify.com/show/3OvsD9A8ESUfKS20UMTHyV

1,000 True Fans | Kevin Kelly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py43k-mSG7s

1000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly Animated Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ljR5egZHno

The greatest critique is your individual power as a Twitter user as a random small account it's just very low.

 

Saagar Enjeti

 

https://youtu.be/w11Z6z9WFQo?t=389

 

 

An Unenlightened Electorate

 

I was 11 years old in 1974 when President Richard Nixon resigned, and Vice President Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States of America.

There are people older than me that remember when Lyndon Johnson became President after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963.

I guess there are not too many people who remember when Harry Truman became President after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1945.

 

President Joe Biden could end his presidency before the 2024 election. Our octogenarian President could resign in a few years if he wins a second term. There are Democratic Party voters that want President Biden to end his quest for a second term ASAP. They may fear an unenlightened electorate more than old President Biden and old former President Donald Trump. 

 

 

Marc Sims

Chicago

President Richard Nixon resigned from office on August 8, 1974.

https://youtu.be/_e9Ot63lSiw?si=JBn2f48-ETF-zGLJ&t=621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crime Prevention & Enforcement

 

 

 

Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson is a Black African American man.  Many neighborhood criminals in Chicago are African American male teens and men. Mayor Johnson should be able to persuade some of these teenagers and grown men to stop committing crime.  Mayor Johnson, with the help of Chicago's crime prevention organizations, Chicago's philanthropic community, and Chicago's business community should constantly remind these men they can help them become productive residents of Chicago.

Maybe Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Chicago Police Department, and the Cook County State's Attorney can also remind criminals that eventually they can be arrested and kept off the streets of Chicago.

Marc Sims

Chicago

Marc Sims is a lifelong Chicagoan obsessed with presenting information that will reduce

Unless there are government intervention, philanthropic intervention, and behavioral modification, nothing is going 

to change.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Clip by Marc Sims

 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4617440/user-clip-black-lives-matter-henry-louis-gates

 

 

Ain't Black Enough?

 

 

 

 

 Ain't Black Enough?

Patrick Mahomes may not be Black enough for most Black people, or any other people.

In popular American culture, and definitely not politically conservative public schools, I assume there is rarely a discussion of the social construct of race. Also a discussion of words like miscegenation, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon and the concept of the one drop rule.

As this pertains to African Americans, don't get me to start talking about African American (Black) self-hate and distrust. A subject that should be discussed in public because I believe it is one reason why lower income African American neighborhoods struggle.

In this modern era Patrick Mahomes and any human being that has even a smidgen of Black Sub-Saharan African genetics can be as Black, or non Black (African American) as they want to be.

Marc Sims

Chicago

 

 

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson defines the four classes of black America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74QaYU320Lg

 

 

42 Million Ways To Be Black

 Henry Louis Gates Jr. 

 

Clip by Marc Sims. 

 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4888541/user-clip-42-million-ways-black

 

 

Colorism The Global Phenomenon:  Just A Few Questions Podcast

Marc Sims talks with University of Illinois Springfield Professor Dr. Sarah L. Webb about the effects of colorism. (Part 1)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colorism-the-global-phenomenon-dr-sarah-l-webb/id1515521382?i=1000538614930

Have A Conversation About Colorism: 400 Plus Podcast

Marc Sims talks with University of Illinois Springfield Professor Dr. Sarah L. Webb about colorism in the African American community. (part 2)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/have-a-conversation-about-colorism-dr-sarah-l-webb/id1546284697?i=1000538617582

 

 

 

CPS School Choice

 

 

 

When a parent chooses a school for their children they want the best education possible. They don't want their children poorly educated, bullied, beat-up, or worse.  According to WBEZ news African American parents, more than other parents, do not send their children to the neighborhood school. Also many CPS teachers do not send their children to the Chicago Public Schools.

Even if Mayor Brandon Johnson is successful in getting the state of Illinois to satisfactorily fund the regular CPS neighborhood schools many parents will still want school choice for their children.

 

Marc Sims 

Chicago

 

 

 

Mayor Johnson explains what is behind his plans to remake CPS

https://www.wbez.org/stories/q-and-a-mayor-johnson-explains-what-is-behind-his-plans-to-remake-cps/4f3b7ec2-caf2-4571-8120-8ccd82da1de4

 

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s sprint to remake Chicago’s public schools

https://www.wbez.org/stories/mayor-brandon-johnsons-sprint-to-remake-chicagos-public-schools/59460645-d720-4fdf-b24d-1623b901a4ac

 

Black parents are caught in the middle of Chicago’s school choice debate

https://www.wbez.org/stories/black-parents-caught-in-chicago-school-choice-debate/2b6e965b-fbd7-4ebe-979d-9db7fe5ad5c7

 

 

When neighborhood schools won’t cut it, Black families opt out

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/10/6/23900367/chicago-schools-choice-black-families-private-schools-education-alden-loury-column

 

 

In Chicago, at least 39% of public-school teachers send their students to private school. 

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-school-choice-and-the-hypocrisy-of-chicago-teachers-union-leaders