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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Do you have any studies, facts or data to support the claim that he's not done anything to improve the school system? I mean other then the anecdotal stuff you've posted.
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Here are a couple of links to sources, the first gives Chicago schools a rating of 3 out of 10 (with 10 being the highest), D.C. schools were rated 4.
I assume you want this because of uncertainty regarding the performance of Chicago schools. In my experience it is and has been common knowledge that Chicago schools perform poorly and have performed poorly for decades. I probably could spend more time giving more links, but I am not sure the time will be worth the effort. Regardless, of what follows it will either be "cherry picked", not all the data, or whatever they shot of the day will be.
Chicago Schools - Chicago Illinois School Ratings - Public and Private
The second is from the Chicago Tribune actually commenting on the discrepancy on how graduation rates are calculated but it shows Chicago with a HS graduation rate of between 52% and 54%
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Chicago, the third largest school system, had a 52.2 percent graduation rate. That corresponded with a study by the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago, which reported this year that 54 percent of Chicago public school freshmen receive a diploma.
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The real dropout rate | Chicago Tribune