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Good morning! Reema Amin here. If you’re coming off of spring break, I hope it was great.
Our top story today is a deep dive from my colleague, Mila Koumpilova, about the rise of dual credit classes at Chicago Public Schools and how they haven’t earned universal support.
CPS students took more than 13,000 dual credit classes last year, more than double the number pre-pandemic. The effort has won praise for sending more kids to college prepared and with less debt. But schools like Michele Clark High School on the West Side have had to course correct as they pushed students to sign up — and on some campuses, increases in dual credit participation has not yet meant more college enrollment and persistence, a Chalkbeat analysis showed.
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Local News
Chicago students took more than 13,000 dual credit classes last year. Is it helping them get ahead?
A Chalkbeat data analysis on dual credit and higher education outcomes in Chicago shows that some high schools that boosted participation aren’t yet sending more students to college.
Chicago Board of Education to vote on hiring interim CEO Macquline King as permanent leader of CPS
King has been Chicago Public Schools’ interim CEO since last June. The inclusion of her name in the board’s list of finalist candidates was initially a surprise.
Sito Narcisse, Chicago Public Schools CEO finalist, drew praise and controversy in previous jobs
During his three years in East Baton Rouge, Narcisse navigated a school bus crisis, a lawsuit, and concerns over transparency. But some board members valued his leadership.
Around Chalkbeat
U.S. Education Secretary McMahon says Michigan should join Trump’s school tax-credit plan
Twenty-seven states have already joined the Trump administration’s federal tax-credit scholarship program, which give donors tax credits for contributing to scholarship funds for K-12 students
Will Tennessee’s effort to track undocumented students die in the legislature?
With just weeks left in the General Assembly session, there might not be a path forward on a controversial measure aimed at undocumented and immigrant students in Tennessee public schools.
Newark school board approves $1.67 billion budget as costs for charters, facility needs, and programs grow
Rising costs next school year grew to $122.9 million, a gap the district was able to close by reallocating funds, district leaders said.
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What We’re Reading
A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' wellbeing. Parents, advocates say it'll do the opposite, Chicago Sun-Times
Editorial: Chicago’s byzantine politics of education gives us once-and-future CPS CEO Macquline King, Chicago Tribune (Paywall, Opinion)
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