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92-871: Walter Henri Dyett (also known as Captain Walter Henri Dyett ; January 11, 1901 – November 17, 1969) was an American violinist and music educator in the Chicago Public Schools system. He served as music director and assistant music director at Chicago's predominantly African-American high schools; Wendell Phillips High School and DuSable High School . Dyett served as musical director at DuSable High School from its opening in 1935 until 1962. He trained many students who became professional musicians. After studying pre-medical courses at University of California, Berkeley , Dyett returned to his home town of Chicago , where he worked in vaudeville orchestras and directed an Army band, after which he

184-646: A Bachelor of Science degree. In February 1917, he was admitted to Northwestern's graduate school, and he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in education on June 12, 1918. His master's thesis was titled Report of the Physical Condition of the Schools in Evanston, District 75 of the City of Evanston . While working to obtain his master's degree. For his first year of graduate school, Johnson worked as

276-609: A $ 23 million kickback scheme and was sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison. In March 2016, the Chicago Board of Education filed a $ 65 million lawsuit against Bennett and her co-conspirators. In January 2016, the Office of the Inspector General for CPS again received over 1300 fraud complaints and issued another audit for 2015 which continued to highlight issues of corruption and theft. The 2015 audit reported

368-492: A 4.5% raise. In 1985, the teachers had a two-day walkout. CPS teachers went on a nineteen-day strike from September 8, to October 3, 1987. In September 2012, CPS teachers went on a nine-day strike , walking off the job for the first time in 25 years. The work stoppage, which began during the second week of the 2012 school year, culminated with a march on City Hall. Striking teachers voiced complaints about pay, teacher evaluations, and benefits, as well as general concerns about

460-658: A bachelor's degree by age 25. The study tracked Chicago high school students who graduated in 1998 and 1999. 35% of CPS students who went to college earned their bachelor's degree within six years, below the national average of 64%. Chicago has a history of high dropout rates, with around half of students failing to graduate for the past 30 years. Criticism is directed at the CPS for inflating its performance figures. Through such techniques as counting students who swap schools before dropping out as transfers but not dropouts, it publishes graduation claims as high as 71%. Nonetheless, throughout

552-693: A book on visual education. In October 1927, Johnson's wife Lillian became the assistant principal of the system's Gale School, a job she held until taking a leave of absence due to illness in February 1936. During the Great Depression , Johnson was relatively unscathed, since he had not invested significantly in the stock market . Johnson, in his time as a principal, had cultivated a public perception of himself as being an effective administrator, having been generally liked by parents and respected by teachers. In 1935, Johnson requested to be made

644-406: A change in the boundaries of the school districts in the system. In protest of the impact of both of these factors, hundreds of parents kept their children at home in protest, while hundreds more began enrolling their children in private schools . Hundreds of parents protest outside of Johnson's office on September 8, 1944. When Johnson spoke with the protesters, he pledged to study the problem. On

736-439: A faster rate compared to 96% of all school districts in the country, and as of 2020, had an all-time high graduation rate. It has faced declining enrollments and school closings. More than 80 percent of CPS students are Hispanic or Black. As Chicago was started as a trading outpost in the 1800s, it took several years for a citywide school system with adequate funding and instructional personnel to emerge. As early as 1848, during

828-481: A few other innovations. He attracted major controversy for his administration of the 1936–37 Chicago Public Schools' principal's examination. First, he continued to teach classes at Loyola University that prepare people for the Chicago Public Schools' principal's examination, despite being the one in charge of overseeing that examination. Secondly, he altered the grading system for oral component of

920-402: A fifteen-day strike from October 3 to October 18 demanding a 10% salary increase. Superintendent Ruth B. Love offered raises between 1.6% and 4.8%, but the teachers' union rejected the proposal. The strike ended with the teachers receiving a 5% raise, 2.5% bonus and a one-year pact. Chicago Public School teachers went on a ten-day strike from November 23 to December 3, 1984, which resulted in

1012-443: A half-dozen employees, almost $ 900,000 was stolen in what Inspector General Nicholas Schuler called a "major purchasing and reimbursement scheme". The schools involved were later identified as Gage Park Academy and Michele Clark Magnet High School . A spokesman for CPS later issued a statement that "Chicago Public Schools is committed to working with the Office of the Inspector General to eliminate corruption, fraud and waste across

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1104-464: A high school principal, but was instead promoted by the Chicago Board of Education to assistant superintendent . This made him the assistant to superintendent of Chicago Public Schools William Bogan. He had been appointed by the Chicago Board of Education in July 1935, over Bogan's wishes. He had been selected both for his educational credentials, and due the fact that he had never spoken out against

1196-617: A high school, in order to collect enough money to pay his tuition . Johnson attended Beloit College from 1913 through 1915, during which time he also worked as a chemistry laboratory assistant at the college. He was studying to be a chemistry and mathematics major, and focused heavily on his academics, having very little social involvement. He then transferred to Northwestern University . Similarly to his time at Beloit, Johnson focused heavily on his academics at Northwestern, and had very little social involvement. He graduated in June 1917 with

1288-486: A job teaching courses on education. He was hired in 1924, and resigned his position at Lane Technical High School. From November 1924 through February 1924, he served as the editor of the Chicago Schools Journal . He would continue submitting articles to this journal until retiring as an educator in 1953. In 1924, he also began teaching educational administration courses at Loyola University Chicago on

1380-463: A liberal arts approach focusing on all areas. Classical school applications thus require a different type of assessment. At the secondary level, CPS operates ten selective enrollment high schools. These include Walter Payton College Prep , Northside College Prep , William Jones College Prep , Whitney M. Young Magnet High School , Albert G. Lane Technical College Prep , and Lindblom Math and Science Academy. Selective Enrollment high schools work on

1472-476: A number of successes, such as being credited with decreased school truancy. He also introduced innovations to the school system, such as introducing an innovative remote education approach that utilized radio broadcasts amid school closures during a 1937 polio outbreak. Johnson was born September 20, 1895, in Chicago, Illinois . Johnson was born on September 20 Johnson was the son of Danish immigrants to

1564-413: A part-time basis. In March 1925, after passing the principal's examination, Johnson left his position at Chicago Normal College. In 1925, Johnson received a position as the principal of Daniel Webster Grammar School. In January 1928, Johnson left this position after accepting the position of principal at the still-under-construction Alessandro Volta Grammar School. From January 1928 through January 1931,

1656-588: A point system out of 900 points: Competition to get into selective enrollment schools is fierce, and many factors decide whether students are admitted or not: Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the point system included three categories, each weighted at 300 points instead of the current 450. Instead of the CPS High School Admissions Test, the district used the Selective Enrollment High School exam, and

1748-462: A program review where a duo of district superintendents would go to each school and conduct inspections at the schools to see whether standards would be met. Under his proposed plan, the superintendents would not deal with teachers, but would instead only engage with principals. However, this created an uproar among some teachers at the meeting who did not want to have the Chicago Public Schools central office sticking their nose in their business. After

1840-579: A role the city's decrease of the schools' truancy rate over his first years as superintendent and his preceding year as assistant superintendent. In 1938 and 1939, Johnson wrote a weekly column in the Chicago Evening American . Partnering with the Works Progress Administration , Johnson created a work placement counseling service available to both high school students and dropouts . Johnson expanded

1932-468: A superintendent, who in turn hires administrators such as principals, who then must be approved by the school board. In contrast, CPS is headed by a Chief Executive Officer and school board appointed by the mayor. It is currently the only school district in Illinois where the school board is appointed by a city's mayor. The school board will transition to consist entirely of elected members by 2027. CPS

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2024-491: A teacher at Palatine High School as a chemistry and physics teacher, as well as the coach of the girls baseball and basketball teams. During his final months of grad school, he worked at Kankakee High School as a chemistry teacher. He would later go back to school and receive his Ph.D from the University of Chicago in 1921. After graduating from graduate school, Johnson was eligible to be drafted into either

2116-718: A teacher in the Chicago Public School system. She later served as an assistant principal. In 1936, the Johnsons adopted a daughter, Patricia Joyce. Nineteen months after adopting her daughter, Lillian died in November 1937. in April 1938, five months after Lillian's death, he married Helen Ronan, who had been Lillian's nurse. Helen would not work during their marriage, staying home to care for Patricia Joyce. The forty-two year long marriage of William and Helen Johnson

2208-519: A teacher in the Chicago Public Schools system. Johnson received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago while working at Lane Technical High School. In 1921, Johnson enrolled at the University of Chicago as a doctoral student, and received his Ph.D. in educational administration two years later. His dissertation was titled Mental Growth Curve of Secondary School Students . In 1923, Johnson submitted an application to Chicago Normal College for

2300-471: Is a system of primary, secondary, and disability schools confined to Chicago's city limits. This system is the second largest employer in Chicago. Most schools in the district, whether prekindergarten-8th grade, elementary, middle, or secondary, have attendance boundaries restricting student enrollment to within a given area. A school may elect to enroll students outside its attendance boundaries if there

2392-490: Is commemorated by Dyett High School , a Chicago public high school located in the Washington Park neighborhood in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools The school system reported a graduation rate of 84% for the 2022-23 school year. Unlike most school systems, CPS calls the position of superintendent the " Chief Executive Officer ", but there is no material difference in responsibilities or reporting from what

2484-561: Is headed by a chief executive officer (CEO) appointed by the mayor. The current CEO is Pedro Martinez . The position of CEO, before it was created in 1995, was preceded by a position of "superintendent". In 1995, the Government of Illinois passed the Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act, which replaced the position of superintendent with that of chief executive Officer. The school board , known as

2576-599: Is headquartered in the 42 West Madison building in the Chicago Loop , formerly headquartered in the 125 South Clark Street building from 1998 until November 2014. The district has offices in Bridgeport , Colman , and Garfield Park . The 20 story building, managed by MB Real Estate, and originally built as the Commercial National Bank, has 570,910 square feet (53,039 m ) of space. CPS

2668-418: Is responsible for 122 charter schools during the 2017–2018 school year. A variety of organizations run these schools. Frazier Preparatory Academy, for example, is sponsored by an independent board of directors and run by education management organization Pansophic Learning . The Noble Network of Charter Schools runs eighteen high schools. These schools receive the majority of their operating budgets from

2760-431: Is space or if it has a magnet cluster program. Full magnet schools are open to citywide student enrollment, provided that applicants meet a level of high academic standards. Magnets offer a variety of academic programs with various focuses, such as agriculture, fine arts, international baccalaureate, Montessori, math, literature, Paideia programs, and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). STEM Magnet Academy

2852-733: Is the first elementary school in the state of Illinois, and among the first in the nation, to offer a STEM-focused curriculum. The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) is the system's only audition based performing and visual arts high school. Chicago was the largest city in the country without a public high school for the arts until the establishment of ChiArts in 2009. The school system contains two levels of primary school programs which make selective admission only. Regional gifted centers have an area of focus (such as math and science) and require one type of assessment, akin to an IQ test . Classical schools, in contrast to regional gifted centers, take

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2944-470: Is traditionally considered a superintendent. CPS reported a student–teacher ratio of 15.84 for the 2019–20 school year. For the 2020–21 school year, 46.7% of CPS students were Latino and 35.8% were African-American . 63.8% of the student body came from economically-disadvantaged households, and 18.6% of students were reported as English-language learners . Average salaries for the 2019-20 year were $ 74,225 for teachers and $ 114,199 for administrators. For

3036-771: The Chicago High School for the Arts and the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences are also available. In partnership with various Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, six high schools are operated as public military academies: Some high schools have been designated as "Career Academies." According to CPS, these schools have "intensified resources to prepare students for careers in business/finance, communications, construction, health, hospitality/food service, manufacturing, performing arts, and transportation. Vocational shops, science labs, broadcast journalism labs and media/computer centers help students gain 'hands on' experience." The Chicago district

3128-538: The United States . Both of his parents originally hailed from Schleswig-Holstein . His father became a naturalized citizen , while his mother did not. Johnson was the youngest of his parents' children. He had an older sister named Cecilia (who was born in 1884), and two other siblings who died in early childhood. His family was protestant . Johnson's father worked several jobs during his time living in Chicago, including cab driver and grocer . In 1901, at

3220-697: The United States Army or United States Navy . He enlisted right after his graduation, and served as a research chemist in the Chemical Warfare Service 's American University Research Division in Washington, D.C. and with the Army Board of Psychology (where he helped to determine the mental status of men). He also did some work with intelligence testing . He served in these roles from June 1918 through December 1918. He

3312-606: The shakedown of a CPS vendor, a records falsification scheme by a principal, widespread selective enrollment fraud, illegal use of taxpayer-funded resources on political campaigns, theft from taxpayer-funded accounts intended for purchasing student materials, and numerous instances of abusing tax-exempt status to purchase personal items. The Benito Juarez Community Academy shooting occurred on December 16, 2022, when two students were shot dead by an ex-student with alleged gang ties. William Johnson (educator) William Harding Johnson (September 20, 1895 – May 1, 1981)

3404-586: The 1960s, schools across Chicago—and most of Illinois—were struggling to support themselves. Illinois school funding, according to scholar Tracy Steffes, was heavily reliant upon “funding by property taxes assessed in and bounded within districts of highly unequal wealth.” Wealthy districts paid less and got better schools, while poor districts got worse schools but paid even more. The problem was compounded by “soft” segregation measures such as redlining and “ white flight ,” which further delineated Chicago communities upon lines of both wealth and race. The introduction of

3496-457: The 1980s, among the total CPS student population, the numbers of non-Hispanic Whites declined while Hispanics and Latinos, African-Americans, and other minorities increased. In 1982 16.3% of the CPS students were non-Hispanic White, while over 19% were of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and/or Cuban origin; that year the Hispanic and Latino population had overtaken the non-Hispanic White population. CPS

3588-430: The 1990s actual rates seem to have improved slightly, as true graduation estimates rose from 48% in 1991 to 54% in 2004. In 1987, Education Secretary William J. Bennett called the Chicago Public Schools system the worst in the nation. In September 2011, the University of Chicago 's Consortium on Chicago School Research published a report on the school system's performance over the course of 30 years of reform. While

3680-476: The 2020–21 school year, CPS reported 39,323 staff positions, including 21,974 teachers and 516 principals. In 2021, CPS reported a budget of $ 6.92 billion with $ 3.75 billion from local sources, $ 1.85 billion from the State of Illinois and $ 1.3 billion from the U.S. Federal Government . Per student spending was reported at $ 18,287 in 2023. Chicago Public Schools led the nation in test score improvement, learned at

3772-558: The Chicago Board of Education James B. McCahey. McCahey himself was controversial. Throughout his superintendency, Johnson was seen as hostile towards teachers and faced heavy criticism from teachers, parents, church groups, and civic groups. Early into his superintendency, Johnson was criticized, particularly by the Chicago Daily News , for budget expenditures. Early on, Johnson was faced with an ultimatum from

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3864-606: The Chicago Board of Education is Jianan Shi. In 1988, the Government of Illinois passed the Chicago School Reform Act, which created Local School Councils. The April 21, 2006 issue of the Chicago Tribune revealed a study by the Consortium on Chicago School Research that stated that 6 of every 100 CPS freshmen would earn a bachelor's degree by age 25. 3 in 100 black or Latino men would earn

3956-460: The Chicago Board of Education, is currently appointed by the mayor of Chicago . Between 2024 and 2027, the board is slated to transition to consist entirely of elected members. The board traces its roots back to the Board of School Inspectors, created in 1837, which was renamed Chicago Board of Education in 1857. The Chicago Board of Education is led by a president . The current president of

4048-644: The Chicago Board of Education. A thorough inquiry was launched by the NEA in November 1944. It was released in 1945, and outlined many examples of actions throughout Johnson's tenure that it characterized as improper. This included the conduct of the 1936–37 principal's examination, many personnel-related actions. The report also found that textbooks which Johnson purported to have written were actually ghost written by teachers and other school employees, work that they usually conducted during school hours. The report also opined that Johnson had violated NEA's "code of Ethics of

4140-733: The Illinois Resource Equalizer Formula in 1973 was intended to address this crisis by restructuring school financing to more evenly distribute property tax money, but many affluent white families protested the use of their taxes to pay for other (predominantly Black) communities’ education, rather than only their own district's schools. The formula was abolished in the late 1980s, and acute funding issues continue both in Chicago and across Illinois. From 2001 to 2009, CPS, under Arne Duncan 's leadership, closed dozens of elementary and high schools due to classrooms being at low capacity or underperforming. Despite claims that

4232-457: The March 1936 death in office of Superintendent Joseph Bogan, Johnson was elected by a vote of the Chicago Board of Education on April 22, 1936, to be Chicago Public Schools' new superintendent. He had been selected despite opposition from numerous citizen groups. Johnson was the first native Chicagoan to serve as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools . He took office in late April 1936. At

4324-795: The Noble Network of Charter Schools was named the best performing large public charter school system in America by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and was awarded $ 250,000 by the foundation. The structure of Chicago Public Schools was redefined after Mayor Richard M. Daley convinced the Illinois General Assembly to place CPS under the mayor's control . Illinois school districts are generally governed by locally elected school boards, where each district board hires

4416-527: The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools expressed great disapproval of this, demanding Johnson be dismissed from this position. After Herold C. Hunt took office as superintendent in June 1947, he demoted Johnson to principal of McPherson Elementary School. Despite parents at the school going to Hunt and demanding Johnson not be assigned to their school, the Chicago Board of Education still formally appointed Johnson as

4508-501: The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools to increase the size of high school teaching staff, or to face losing the association's accreditation, which would have the consequence of making it so that high school graduates from Chicago Public Schools high schools would be required to take examinations before being admitted to the association's member colleges. During his superintendency, Johnson would introduce successful new record systems, remedial reading programs, among

4600-456: The Office of the Inspector General for Chicago Public schools received over 1300 complaints involving accusations of impropriety. Its subsequent 43-page report and audit noted that corruption and theft were still a major problem within CPS, detailing major theft of school funds, kickbacks to CPS employees, falsification of student transfer data, fraudulent selective enrollment applications, and ethics violations. In one particular case involving

4692-743: The Spaulding School for Crippled Children removed from that position and replaced with Celestine Igoe, the sister of former Democratic Party leader and incumbent federal judge Michael L. Igoe . This, and other similarly political personnel moves, saw Edward E. Keener, the president of the Chicago division of the Illinois State Teachers Association, lead an effort to convince the National Education Association (NEA) to launch an investigation into personnel practices undertaken by Johnson and

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4784-545: The Teaching Profession" by recommending that Chicago schools utilize his own textbooks, from which he would profit. While the entire Chicago Public Schools administration was lambasted in the report, Johnson took the bulk of the heat from the public after the report's release. After much public pressure, the Chicago City Council created a committee to hold hearings the charges that had been by

4876-536: The age of forty, he was the youngest person to ever hold the position. His tenure would ultimately extend ten years, which was longer than the tenures any previous superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. Johnson proved to be a controversial figure From the early days of his superintendency, Johnson became a target for the Chicago Daily News . Johnson was regarded as being under the influences of Mayor of Chicago Edward Joseph Kelly and president of

4968-402: The age of six, Johnson began attending Langland Elementary School, where he would receive his entire elementary school education. Having graduated elementary school in June 1909, Johnson began attending high school at Tuley High School that September. In June 1913, Johnson graduated from Tuley High School. Before starting college, Johnson had worked odd jobs, including working a janitor at

5060-554: The board. Upon his departure from his principal position, he was presented with a lifetime membership in the National Educational Association . Due to Bogan being ill, Johnson took over much of the superintendent's workload. Johnson also worked to cultivate his popularity with teachers by personally visiting any of the city's high schools. Johnson floated an idea by teachers during one of his school visits that would see Chicago Public Schools implement

5152-597: The city of Chicago. The CTU gathered an upwards of 900 protesters to participate in rally's, marches, and sit-ins against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's decision to close the schools. Over 150 protesters participated in a sit-in in the middle of LaSalle Street, blocking traffic, and forcing the response of the Chicago Police Department . Many protesters peacefully left the scene when asked to by the CPD, but many held their ground. Protesters that did not agree to leave

5244-753: The city's vocational training, and constructed the Chicago Vocational High School . During his tenure as superintendent he served in the leadership of a number of organizations. From 1939 through 1942, he was president of the Illinois Industrial Education Association, and in 1941 and 1942 he was president of the Illinois Vocational Education Association. Johnson was accused of approving temporary certificates for teachers without valid certificates, despite

5336-739: The closures would help underperforming students, University of Chicago researchers found that most of the students who transferred as a result of the closures did not improve their performance. This is what led to the Renaissance 2010 initiative, which focused on closing public schools and opening more charter schools that were focused on one of the government structures: charter, performance, or contract. During this program's time, it has closed over 80 schools and plans to open 100 charter schools. This also include five military schools , three of which have Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs. In response to CPS's announcements in 2013 that it

5428-502: The committee would issue. The committee approved a majority decision on June 18, 1946, which, among other things, recommended that Johnson resign. Under pressure from Kelly and McCahey, Johnson resigned in June. Johnson was still well-liked by the Chicago Board of Education members, and thus, immediately after resigning as superintendent, was made vice president of the Chicago City Junior College . However, with

5520-456: The conduct of the principals' oral examination." Numerous court cases would ensue against the Board of Education pertaining to the exam. In 1937, the city was hit by a polio outbreak which resulted in the Chicago Board of Health ordering schools to be closed during what was supposed to be the start of the school year. The school closure wound up lasting three weeks. However, Johnson and assistant superintendent Minnie Fallon managed to provide

5612-513: The district." In April 2015, Barbara Byrd-Bennett , the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, took a leave of absence during a federal investigation of a no-bid contract to a professional development organization that she had previously worked for as a consultant . She resigned from the position in June 2015. In October a federal grand jury delivered a 23 count indictment against Bennett and alleged co-conspirators. Bennett would go on to plead guilty to

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5704-462: The eleven days added to their school year. For the 2018–2019 school year, CPS reports having 361,314 students including 17,668 in preschool, 24,128 in kindergarten, 213,651 in grades 1–8, and 105,867 in grades 9-12. The racial makeup of the student body is 46.7% Hispanics, 36.6% African-Americans, 10.5% White, 4.1% Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.2% Multi-Racial, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 0.3% unknown. Chicago Public Schools were

5796-425: The examination without having been given any legal authority to do so by the Board of Examiners. On March 14, 1938, J.J. Zmrhal, a district superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, released a sworn affidavit accusing Johnson of corrupt practices related to the exam. Soon after, upon retiring from the examining committee, Daniel J. Beeby publicly declared, "J.J. Zmrhal's affidavit is a true and accurate statements to

5888-559: The fact that thousands of teachers with valid certificates were on wait lists for jobs, and faced a barrage of criticism for this in 1938 and 1939. From the United States' entry into World War II , until the end of the war, many of the city's school buildings were handed over to the federal government for use related to the war effort as training centers. This caused overcrowding in the remaining city schools, for which parents blamed Johnson. In September 1944, Johnson implemented

5980-486: The first term of the 12th Mayor of Chicago , James Hutchinson Woodworth , the city's need for a public school system was recognized by the city council. A higher educational standard for the system was stated by the mayor, both to reflect his philosophy as a former teacher, and to add an attribute to Chicago that would continue to attract productive citizens. In 1922, the school board voted unanimously to change policy that allocated library access based on color, "[extending]

6072-451: The instruction to the city's elementary school students by providing at-home distance education through radio broadcasts . This was the first large-scale implementation of radio broadcasting for distance education . In November 1937, Johnson's wife, Lillian, died after a long illness. He was remarried five months later, in April 1938, to Helen Ronan, who had been Lillian's nurse . The Chicago Tribune credited Johnson with playing

6164-617: The most racial-ethnically separated among large city school systems, according to research by The New York Times in 2012, as a result of most students' attending schools close to their homes. In the 1970s the Mexican origin student population grew in CPS, although it never exceeded 10% of the total CPS student population. From 1971 to 1977 and then to 1979, the Mexican student population in the Near West Side 's CPS district 19 increased from 34% to 43% and then over 47%, respectively. In

6256-458: The neglect of the city's public school system. Soon after the strike, CEO Jean-Claude Brizard stepped down from his position. On October 17, 2019, The Chicago Teachers Union began another strike that lasted 11 days. The contract negotiated by the CTU and Mayor Lori Lightfoot resulted in the teachers winning smaller class sizes as well as more support staff. Furthermore, the students will have five of

6348-414: The night of September 22, 1944, a his apartment was attacked with a bomb . Nobody was hurt. His daughter, who was home at the time, managed to escape uninjured. Police never managed to solve who had committed the attack. In February 1942, Johnson received broad criticism for what was seen as the unjust transfer of a school principal. At the demand of McCahey, Johnson ordered Olive Brunner, the principal of

6440-420: The non-transfer plan, a new policy passed by the Chicago Board of Education which cancelled all school permits which allowed students to transfer to schools located outside of their district. This meant students that had been attending schools outside of their districts on such permits now had to leave those schools and move to a school within their own district. The implementation of this policy also coincided with

6532-493: The possibility of overcrowding and safety concerns for students who will have to travel further to class." On May 22, 2013, the school board voted to close 50 public schools. However, the majority of the closed schools have been in poor neighborhoods with a black population, such as Bronzeville . These areas are not only sites of demolished public housing, but now to closed-down schools. For every four schools that have been closed, three have been in these neighborhoods. Over 88% of

6624-411: The report evaluated three decades of reform, it measured the progress of such policies by "analyzing trends in elementary and high school test scores and graduation rates over the past 20 years." The authors of the report highlighted five of their central conclusions: The Illinois state government required Chicago Public Schools to move money from education to worker pensions. CPS is the only district in

6716-471: The report. However, the committee consisted of five aldermen loyal to Mayor Kelly. Hearings were held on March 18 and 19 of 1946. Two days after the hearings, the committee issued a report that absolved Johnson and the Chicago Board of Education of wrongdoing, finding, "that the charges made against the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and its officials have not been sustained." Two days after this report

6808-411: The same privileges to Race children to enter all the libraries as the white children enjoy", but maintaining segregated schools and specifying that "in each branch library all employees should belong to the race which attended the particular school". In 1937, the city was hit by a polio outbreak which resulted in the Chicago Board of Health ordering schools to be closed during what was supposed to be

6900-660: The same tax sources as CPS. Charters in Chicago receive 10-25% less public funding than traditional schools, although some studies show their student achievement and performance metrics to be the same as traditional CPS results. However, in October 2014, the University of Minnesota released a study that shows that Chicago charter schools perform worse than traditional schools in producing students that meet or exceed standards in reading and math. The study also showed that charter schools have lower graduation rates and "are much less likely to be racially or ethnically diverse." In 2015,

6992-534: The scene were issued tickets. Over 50 people were arrested throughout the entire protests, but no acts of violence were reported. The teachers union first strike occurred in May 1969, which lasted two days. The second strike occurred in January 1971, lasting four days from January 12 through January 15. The strike resulted in an 8% teacher's salary increase and a 7% increase for school staff workers. Another strike by

7084-413: The school operated in temporary wooden structures. The school moved into its permanent building on January 8, 1931. While Johnson was well-liked by most parents of students, he was not without criticism. In 1931, a research assistant sent by now-Superintendent William J. Bogan's Advisory Council Subcommittee on Education visited the school, and strongly criticized Johnson for practices he had implemented in

7176-611: The school that Johnson had written an article about that was published in an educational journal. During his time as principal, Johnson also continued to teach educational administration classes part-time at Loyola University. From October 1929 through May 1935, Johnson also worked as the Saturday morning lecturer at the Chicago Historical Society . He also taught educational administration classes for Catholic nuns at Saint Xavier College . In 1927, he authored

7268-760: The schools principal in the fall of 1947. Johnson took office as principal on February 2, 1948, and remained in that job until retiring in June 1953. When Johnson retired in 1953, he was only 57 years old. He had saved and invested his money well. He spent his first year of retirement by traveling around the globe. After this he spent his summers on his farm in Minnesota and his winters in Florida . In 1919, Johnson married Lillian Mattocks, who he had met when they both attended Tuley High School. She took his surname, becoming Lilliam Mattocks Johnson. Lillian would attend Northern Illinois Normal College and, in 1922, became

7360-574: The schools was met with rage and feelings of injustice by the communities affected and the Chicago Teachers Union. As a result, the CTU and other education activities responded by protesting. In May 2013, the Chicago Teachers Union were joined by students and other education activities to march against the closings of 54 public schools that year. The activists planned three days of nonviolent demonstrations across

7452-403: The start of the school year. The school closure wound up lasting three weeks. Superintendent William Johnson and assistant superintendent Minnie Fallon managed to provide the instruction to the city's elementary school students by providing at-home distance education through radio broadcasts . This was the first large-scale implementation of radio broadcasting for distance education . By

7544-511: The state that the state government has done this to. CPS filed a civil lawsuit to ask the courts to require the state to rewrite its rules on how it funds schools. The lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court on February 14, 2017, and is CPS v. Governor Bruce Rauner , Illinois State Board of Education and its chairman Rev. James T. Meeks, Comptroller Susan Mendoza, and state school Superintendent Tony Smith. In 2014,

7636-572: The students affected by these closings have been African American. In 2013, Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago initiated the closing of 54 public schools. Of the 54 public schools to be closed were 53 elementary schools and one high school. Mayor Rahm Emanuel claimed the school closings were a direct result from the nearly $ 1 billion deficit the city was facing due to under-enrollment at the schools. The schools to be closed were located on Chicago's South and West sides which provided education to mainly African-American Students. The Mayors decision to close

7728-547: The third category was based on the students' percentile score on the NWEA MAP test. In addition to the selective enrollment high schools, a number of other possibilities exist for high school students. These include military academies, career academies, and charter schools. Lincoln Park High School and Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center are neighborhood "magnet" high schools, which also offer various honors programs to students citywide. More specialized options, such as

7820-520: The union occurred in January 1973, which lasted twelve days. The union was requesting that their salaries be increased and their class sizes be smaller. On September 3, 1975, The union went on strike for eleven days as a result to restore the loss of teaching and clerical jobs, overcrowding of classrooms. In February 1980, the union went on strike again for a total of ten days; asking for paydays worked during financial crisis, changes to school board's spending cuts and job cuts. In 1983, CPS teachers went on

7912-625: Was an American educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools . His decade-long tenure as superintendent was controversial, and ended with him being pressured to resign after the National Education Association released a report which detailed corrupt and unethical actions by Johnson and the Chicago Board of Education , which resulted in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools threatening to revoke its accreditation of Chicago Public Schools' high schools . Despite his controversy, he had

8004-481: Was considering closing nearly 200 schools, many Chicago parents, students, teachers and community activists voiced their opposition through the media and at hearings around the city. In addition, several Illinois lawmakers, including chairman of the Senate education committee William Delgado (D-Chicago), pushed for a moratorium on school closings in CPS, citing "the disproportion[ate] effect on minority communities,

8096-619: Was discharged from service on December 10, 1918, after the end of World War I . Johnson held a job as a chemistry instructor at Rockford College during the 1918–1919 school year. In 1919, Johnson married Lillian Mattocks, who he had met when they both attended Tuley High School. She took his surname, becoming Lillian Mattocks Johnson. Soon after departing his job at Rockford College, Johnson began working at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas , which he held for two school years (from 1919 through 1921). In 1921, Johnson

8188-415: Was hired by Chicago Public Schools as a math teacher at Lane Technical High School . He would go onto work as Lane Tech's director of vocational guidance, holding this position until 1924. In this job, he worked with William J. Bogan , who was serving as the school's principal . Their relationship was rather unfriendly, with Bogan seeing Johnson as an opportunist. In 1922, his wife Lillian also became

8280-581: Was known as Captain Dyett. In 1931, he became assistant musical director and later musical director at Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago and, in 1935, moved to DuSable High School when it opened. He received his B.M. degree at VanderCook College of Music (Chicago) in 1938, and his M.M. degree at the Chicago Musical College in 1942. Among the musicians who studied in Dyett's program are: Dyett died on November 17, 1969, aged 68. He

8372-421: Was released, an ultimatum was made by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, threatening to revoke accreditation of the city's high schools if the controversies were not addressed. On April 1, 1946, Mayor Kelly created an advisory committee to address the problems with Chicago Public Schools. The committee was led by Henry Townley Heald . Kelly promised to follow the recommendations that

8464-729: Was said to have developed into a very devoted relationship. From 1930 through 1947, Johnson's family were members of the Buena Park Memorial Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Johnson died on May 1, 1981, in Fort Lauderdale , Florida at the age of 85. Per his wishes, he was cremated , and his ashes were buried next to his parents and his first wife, Lillian Mattocks Johnson, in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery . In 1938, Johnson received an honorary doctorates from John Brown University in recognition of his leadership in vocational education. In 1939,

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