As reported:
CPS graduation rate hits record high, dropout rate at record low for 2019-20.
As reported on September 4, 2020 describing the previous end of year graduation rates.
The victory represents the hard work of our children. They have dedicated themselves to dramatic improvement.
And they have been supported, encouraged, motivated, mentored, and most of all, educated, by the Teachers on the front lines in our the classrooms.
And that is a victory exemplified by Labor Day.
Teachers have won major victories for classroom resources in efforts with which I have been proud to have marched.
I know it has been a team effort.
I know the value of leadership in a vested position of school administration in Chicago Public Schools. I have met those in CPS leadership who truly uphold the greatest values that they are trusted to uphold. They put their students (I always hear, “Our children,” or “Our kids,”) above all else. The best leadership enables the best of their schools. Unfortunately, I have also met those who do not, but they tend to be found.
Labor Day is a chance to reflect on many of our most important civil workers; and to our teachers, whom I guarantee are still thinking about all the grading they have to do today.
Congrats to Chicago Labor, leading the way.