A long-awaited study that CPS touted as proof of the success of turnarounds was released Wednesday–and instead showed only a small amount of progress and added fuel to calls for the district to back off.
This morning, a coalition of Local School Council members, backed by, Chicago Teachers Union announced that they plan to file a lawsuit asking for an injunction to stop the district from moving ahead with plans for 10 turnarounds, including six at schools that would be handed over to the non-profit Academy for Urban School Leadership. The crux of the lawsuit is that state law requires local school councils to be given specific action plans before being turned around. The LSC members from the targeted schools say they were never given such directives...