Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Daley: CPS admissions investigation shows change how public schools are perceived

Sun-Times:
“I haven’t heard anything like that,” he said, when asked if kids were clouted into coveted schools.

In fact, the mayor appeared to make light of the investigation ordered by his hand-picked schools CEO.

After telling reporters that Ron Huberman was “on top of that,” Daley said he welcomed the need for an investigation. It shows there’s been a sea change in how parents perceive the public schools, he said.

Thank God people want to get their kids into school. … Usually, they’re fleeing to the suburbs. ... This is unbelievable,” Daley said.

“Years ago, no one even wanted to go to any [Chicago] school. We only had one school. We had Whitney Young … and you had thousands of applicants. Now, we have Jones. You have North Side Prep. You’ve got Gwendolyn Brooks. We got Walter Payton. And we hope to build four or five more as quickly as possible. … What we have to do is build more magnet schools all over the city.”
Very interesting. I never would have thought of it that way!

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