ERIC Number: ED623269
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Oct-14
Pages: 7
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Chicago Public Schools: Ensuring Diversity in Selective Enrollment and Magnet Schools
Quick, Kimberly
Century Foundation
Chicago's public school system is decidedly less diverse and less affluent than the city that hosts it. In order to combat racial and socioeconomic segregation within the district, and to encourage greater diversity and opportunity for the district's most competitive and popular programs, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) designed an innovative system of admissions for its magnet and selective enrollment schools. This system, modified from an earlier consent decree with the Justice Department, uses nuanced measures of privilege and disadvantage in order to ensure that the talents and potential of marginalized students will not be overlooked in a competitive admissions process. It also helps ensure that the most popular and challenging programs provide diverse and inclusive learning environments, rather than act as environments where the already advantaged might isolate themselves. This report describes the impact that CPS' admissions system has had on integration and student outcomes as well as next steps for CPS. [For the full report, "Stories of School Integration," see ED623187.]
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, School Desegregation, Equal Education, School Districts, School Policy, Student Diversity, Selective Admission, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Outcomes of Education, High School Students, Low Income Students, Racial Composition
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: The Century Foundation
Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
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