**According to CPS Utilization Formula. The results may surprise you. I’ve discussed before how schools that use a “once a year” enrollment period have a bit of an unfair advantage Continue reading
There has been a lot of great CPS school data liberated since the initial school actions announcement in the Fall. You can find the datasets that CPS Apples 2 Apples Continue reading
Keep an eye on SchoolCuts.org later today and tomorrow for updates that provide additional data sets and features to help support parents and community members in figuring out the potential Continue reading
(Read Part I here.) We have extra and empty seats in District 299 because every CPS CEO from Arne Duncan on has added them. Even when CPS knew that CPS Continue reading
That is a lot of empty seats in CPS schools. That is more than twice the number of seats within the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. When no one is Continue reading
I want to clear up right away is this issue of the number “36″ and the space utilization formula. I keep seeing from CPS Central Office that “using 36 students Continue reading
Yes, yes it does. It will most likely not make me very popular to point that out. But I am beholden to the data only. Not to anyone’s agenda. However…I Continue reading
I just want to reiterate that the CPS Apples to Apples project is larger than me, or any one person. After I set up the initial release of data as Continue reading
I checked in at Horner Park to testify before the Commission for Space Utilization on Friday evening. It was a well attended event, with many supporters from different CPS Schools. Continue reading
Click below to download Raise Your Hand’s testimony to the Illinois State Board of Education’s Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force. I promise that there are lots of pictures, few words, Continue reading
