{"id":422,"date":"2017-05-29T13:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/?p=422"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:45:06","slug":"note-on-social-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therandompoet.com\/poems\/2017\/05\/29\/note-on-social-injustice\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note on Social Injustice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The public schools that serve Chicago,
should teach to read and write. \u00a0
But scores from tests are reliably low – \u00a0
How can that be right?!<\/p>\n

Money is not in short supply,\u00a0\u00a0
the dollars – they are there.\u00a0
But how are all those dollars applied?
Do unions get their share?<\/p>\n

Mostly – students are Latino and Black,
and family income is low. \u00a0
They’re stuck right there – it’s a voice they lack! \u00a0
Where else can these kids go?<\/p>\n

The scores are better on Charter School tests –
real learning does take place. \u00a0
Charter School graduates are some of the best – \u00a0
with education clearly embraced.<\/p>\n

More Charter Schools – that would be great –
but the Powers that Be<\/em> don’t agree. \u00a0
They accept low achievement simply as fate
for the poor from the Powers that Be<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Powers that Be<\/em> oppose high performance;
now THAT is Social Injustice!
Any reason they offer for their opposition,\u00a0
always based on a sketchy synopsis.<\/p>\n

So what is the answer for those the oppressed?
How can they be set free? \u00a0
List out the people who cause this distress \u00a0
and vote out the Powers that Be<\/em>.<\/p>\n

(The Random Poet:120222)
www.therandompoet.com)<\/p>\n

<<<<selected sources: Chicago.suntimes.com-Lauded charter school faces public school takeover-10\/25\/22;\u00a0 Illinoispolicy.org-Chicago teachers union fights to weaken Chicago charter schools-8\/1\/22;\u00a0 Nytimes.com-can we stop fighting about charter schools-2\/2\/21;\u00a0 Illinois report card at wirepoints;\u00a0 blockclubchicago.org-Chicago is clamping down on charter growth-1\/13\/20;\u00a0 Don Tracy – Inequity in Chicago Public Schools – realclearpolitics.com – 7\/3\/2023 >>>><\/p>\n

also:\u00a0 following is one of many statistical recaps that illustrates the state of the Chicago Public School system.<\/p>\n

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5 emptiest Chicago schools at 11% capacity or less\u00a0 \u00a0 The five least-utilized Chicago Public Schools were between 4% and 11% of capacity and at most 7.6% of students met proficiency in reading and 4.4% in math.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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School<\/span><\/th>\nCapacity<\/span><\/th>\nSpace use<\/span><\/th>\nReading proficient<\/span><\/th>\nMath proficient<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Douglass HS<\/th>\n888<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n\n
4%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
0.0%<\/td>\n0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manley HS<\/th>\n1,296<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n\n
5%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
3.3%<\/td>\n0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austin CCA HS<\/th>\n1,776<\/td>\n167<\/td>\n\n
9%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
2.5%<\/td>\n2.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hirsch HS<\/th>\n960<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n\n
10%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
4.5%<\/td>\n0.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mason ES<\/th>\n2,100<\/td>\n187<\/td>\n\n
11%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
7.6%<\/td>\n4.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Enrollment uses SY23 20th day enrollment numbers.\u00a0 \u00a0 Table:<\/span>\u00a0@illinoispolicy<\/span>Source:<\/span>\u00a0Chicago Public Schools <\/a><\/span>Get the data<\/span><\/a>Created with<\/span>\u00a0Datawrapper<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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