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7/30/2019 Stand Up Ctu Ed Report 1
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xecutive summaryfevery childarrived in chool
well-nourihed,
healthy and ready
to learn, from a
family with a table
home and a teady
income, many of
our educational
problem would
be olved.And that
would be a miracle.
iane avitch,
education hitorian
and former U.s.
itant secretary
of ducationi
This is th sod i a sis o pots oissiod y Stad Up! chiago to addss th
isis o low-wag wok aig chiagos ouitis. This pot, podud i patship
with th chiago Tahs Uio (cTU), daws upo ut aadi sah i th
ild o duatio poliy to povid a ophsiv aalysis o th latioship tw
low wags ad duatioal attait o studts i chiago Puli Shools (cPS). Ou
sah vals that aisig wags o low-io ailis i chiago would lad to high
tst sos, gaduatio ats ad ollg adissio ats o cPS studts, ad would hav a
dit positiv ipat o shool poa as a whol.
Specifcally, his repr fnds ha:
Chcgosductoncrssrmnsntrctbl,dstdcdsofnstrtgsnd
pogas to ipov aadi outos. cPS studts otiu to all low atioal
haks i a vaity o asus. I 2012, th high shool dopout at o cPS studtswas 35%o tha doul th atioal avagad adig ad ath tst sos, as wl
as ollg adiss ats, ll sigiatly low atioal avags.
ChcgoslsofcngovrtycrssththsntnsdsncthGrtRcssonbgn
i 2008. Aodig to U.S. csus data, th hild povty at i chiago iasd y aly
20% tw 2008 ad 2011, ad ow wll ov o-thid o chiagos hild liv low
th dal povty li. cPS data shows that 87% o studts o o housholds with
ios low ough to qualiy o o dud shool luhs, ad 4% o th studt
populatio is holss.
Ournlyssshosthta o pat/o hild aily i chiago would hav to a aaual io o aout $35,859, o th quivalt o $17.24 p hou o a ull-ti wok, to
al to t thi asi ds. This is o tha doul th aigs o a iiu wag
wok aig $8.25 p hou, ad sigiatly o tha a low-wag wok, dd as a
wok aig $12.00 p hou o lss.ii
ThrsdrctrltonshbtnChcgosductonndovrtycrss.Studntslvng
i o xpiig hildhood povty a uh o likly to a sigiat uaddssd
ostals to lassoo laig tha thi iddl- ad upp-io outpats, ad
this ipats duatioal outos. I at, data shows that aily io is ow th ost
sigiat pdito o aadi suss aog studts i th U.S.iii
cut poliy dosd y cPS ad oth popots o duatio o ails to tak
povty ito aout. Istad, ths poliyaks dos poliis that wogly la
tahs o out-o-shool atos, dit sous away o th dist studts,
ad otiut to th xpasio o hat shools that o avag lag hid taditioal
ighohood shools i asus o aadi poa. Ths poliis hav pov
itiv i addssig th itys duatio isis.
eduatioal poliy ds to addss povty ad suppot th atio o livig wag jos.
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outos o low-io studts. Studis hav show that vy additioal $1,000 i aual io taslats ito a
o poit ias i a itllig tst, ladig to sigiatly high ath ad adig tst sos. raisig io
lvls aov th dal o dud luh thsholds would also hav a daati positiv ipat o gaduatio
ad ollg adiss ats.
recOmmenDATIOnS
1) eduatio poliy ust akowldg th
udatal ol that io plays i
duatioal outos. It is ipativ that
poliyaks aado aild duatio
o poliis ad su that utu
duatioal poliy hags ilud
statgis to addss povty ad suppot
th atio o livig wag jos ad ttwokig oditios o wokig ailis.
2) cPS ad popots o duatio o ust pioitiz
addssig chiagos povty isis as th ost tiv
as o ipovig aadi poa o th itys
puli shool studts. Ths poliyaks should suppot
ots to ais wags o low-wag woks i chiago, alog
with oth ooi dvlopt poliis that at good,
livig wag jos ad lit wokig ailis out o povty.
Pathia is a Wst eglwood sidtad a oth o ou hild. Pathia
valus duatio ad plays a vy ativ
ol i h hilds shoolig. Sh has
bnmmbrofthLoclSchoolCouncl
o h hilds shool o ou yas ad
ot voluts to hlp out at th shool
y tutoig o hlpig with vts.
As a sasoal wok at mays akig
$9 p hou, sh as a lag u o
hallgs o a daily asis. H wags
a ot ough to ov h ost o livig
ad sh dpds o puli assista
pogas i od to al to aod th
asis. Sh is also ot al to aod at-
shool a ad ust ask aily s
to wath h hild.
Pathia is sujt to ati shdulig
y mays; h qusts ot to
schduldonnghtsththrLoclSchool
PArTHenIA bArneSWst eglwood
couil ts a ot igod yaagt. This has spially
had o h aus issig th
tigs a sult i tiatio
o th ouil, wh sh ls
powd to hlp ig aout
positiv hags
High wags ad tt wokig
oditios would hlp Pathia
ad oth pats i th ouity
o ivolvd i thi hilds
shools, ad ig o staility to
thi ailis. Aodig to Pathia,
aig a livig wag would a that,
Wll al to do o. Wll al
to tt povid o ou hildad
ot just what thy wat, ut what thy
d. baus ight ow with ou low
wags w hav to woy aout v
payig ills [o ti].
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This is th sod i a sis o pots oissiod y Stad Up! chiago to addss th isis o
low-wag wok aig chiagos ouitis. This pot, podud i patship with th chiago
Tahs Uio (cTU), daws upo ut aadi sah i th ild o duatio poliy to povid a
ophsiv aalysis o th latioship tw low wags ad duatioal attait o studts
i chiago Puli Shools (cPS).
ntroduction
chiago is aig a duatio isis whih, dspit
dads o w statgis ad pogas to ipov
aadi outos, ais itatal. cPS
studts otiu to all low atioal haks
o adig ad ath tst sos, gaduatio ats
ad ollg adissio, ad this is spially tu
o studts attdig low-io ighohoodshools.
chiago is also aig a povty isis, with ost
t data showig that o thid o th itys
hild liv i povty. Povty is spially
pvalt i chiagos puli shools, wh 87%
o studts o o housholds with ios
low ough to qualiy o o dud shool
luhs, ad 4% o th studt populatio is
holss, aodig to cPS data.
Ou aalysis shows that th is a dit latioship
tw chiagos duatio ad povty iss.
Studts livig i o xpiig hildhood
povty a uh o likly to a sigiiat
uaddssd ostals to lassoo laig tha
thi iddl- ad upp-io outpats,
ad this ipats duatioal outos. I at,
data shows that aily io is ow th ost
sigiiat pdito o aadi suss aog
studts i th U.S. iii
Whil it is vidt that povty is th oot aus o
poo lassoo poa i th U.S., utpoliy dosd y cPS ad oth popots o
duatio o ails to tak this ito aout,
istad oig poliis that wogly la
tahs o out-o-shool atos, dit
sous away o th dist studts,
ad otiut to th xpasio o hat
shools that o avag lag hid taditioal
ighohood shools i asus o aadi
poa.
Just as povty is th ai ato otiutig
to chiagos low tst sos, high dopout
ats ad low ollg ta ats, th is a
walth o data suggstig that ths aadi
outos a ipov daatially though
poliis that addss th ds o low-io
ailis. This pot ids that litig ailis out
o povty though iasd wags would hav
a sigiiat positiv ipat o low-io
studts aadi ahivt, ad o shool
poa as a whol.
basd upo th sah outlid i this pot,
w olud that i od o duatio poliy
to tiv, it ust ist ad oost
addss th issu o povty i ou ouitis.
W od that cPS ad oth stakholds
i chiagos puli duatio syst adopt ad
poot poliis that ais wags o ailis
ad ipov th soioooi oditio o
th itys stugglig ighohoods.
One-third of Chicagos children live in poverty.
4% o cPS studts a holss.
In order or education policy to be eective, it must frst and
oremost address the issue o poverty in our communities.
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Th ist pot i this sis, A Case or 15: A Low Wage Work Crisis, xais th ooi ipat o low wags o ailis,
ouitis, ad th ooy as a whol. Th pot ids that th poliatio o low-wag, ostly svi idusty jos
ov th past sval dads has ausd chiagos iddl lass to shik, plaig ooi ovy at isk ad hidig
ooi gowth. Howv, th ipat o low wags o ou ouitis gos yod ooi osidatios. Thispot is od with xaiig th latioship tw low wags ad duatioal outos.
The impact of poverty in the claroom
the pvery lw waes
Th sah i this pot daws upo a oad sltio
o aadi sah aalyzig th ipat o povty o
aadi ahivt. Th authos w it ploy a vaity
o asus o povty, iludig th dal povty lvl
ad poxy asus suh as ligiility o o dud
shool luhs. Ths asus vay; o xapl, th
povty lvl i ts o aual io o a o pat/o hild houshold is $15,130 ud th dal povty
guidlis, iv ad is $27,991 i od to ligil o a
o dud shool luh.v
Th vaious asus o povty itd i this pap all
all ud th Sl-Suiiy Stadad thshold, whih
asus th aout a houshold would hav to a i
od to t all asi xpss without lyig o puli
assista, ioal assista, o pivat haity.vi Usig
this asu o povty, a o pat/o hild aily i
chiago would hav to a a aual io o aout
$35,859, o th quivalt o aout $17.24 p hou o aull ti wok, to osidd o-poo; otaly, this
is o tha doul th aigs o a ull-ti iiu
wag wok.vii Tho, th ts pov ty, poo, low-
io, ad low-wag usd thoughout this pot ay
udstood to gally to allig low th Sl-
Suiiy Stadad thshold.
Pvery in he classrm
A viw o th xistig aadi sah vals that
wh studts liv i povty, thy a uh o likly
to a sigiiat ostals to lassoo laig tha
thi iddl- ad upp-io outpats. Ths
ostals ipat duatioal outos ditly. Th
ollowig list dsis so o th hallgs aig
low-io studts i th lassoo: