Why Chicago's Public School System Is Broken [Inside Chicago, Part 2]

Black and Latino students are suffering the most from the inequity in Chicago's public schools. Why is that?

Senior Producer: Maggie Beidelman
Producers: Jun Stinson, Omar Duwaji
Executive Producer: Sarah Nasr
Editor: Michael Ngyuen

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[BinaryTechnique]

Chicago Public Schools are so bad that I didn't have a math teacher for the whole 8th grade. We literally just sat there an goofed around

[shananagans]

I have been a psychologist for 19 years now & I tell you, the fastest way to strip someone of motivation is to give them stuff & tell them it's someone else's responsibility to fix their situation. That's exactly what Democrats in Chicago have been doing for generations.

[flakgun]

This is one of the most expensive school districts in the entire country.

Your problem isn't a lack of funding. It's corruption

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It's not the school that's broken. It's the students. Look at their community. They can't take care of anything. Locust

[andrewwilson]

The first comment on this video paraphrase ''I been to school for 13 years and never read a book'' how is that at all possible?

[epmike]

As an immigrant this is very confusing to me. I came to this country when I was 8 not knowing the language. For the first three years of my life my brother and I attended an elementary Chicago public school. There we learned to speak English, we learned US History, science and math. Because of the hours my parents had to work and a slight language barrier our parents were only able to help us with math problems. The rest we had to figure out or stay after school for help. I say this because my case is nothing special. Immigrants do this all the time. So why can't people who are born here do it? Also, keep in mind that we did not have the internet during this period of time.

[bobjack]

Parent not involved in their child's school life. Noticed I wrote "parent?" That's the real problem that most people refuse to acknowlege.

[yaimavol]

Less than 10% of black children in America that come from a 2 parent family live below the poverty line. There's your answer.

[MondoBeno]

This is a problem in NYC, Philly, DC, Newark, everywhere in the USA. Kids are pushed to apply for college, but they can barely write a sentence. I saw a whole grade of seniors where only ten of them could get themselves up for school, do a research paper, or write an essay.

[gavindehler]

Money wont change anything, these communities need to change themselves and stop asking for handouts

[charlesmann]

When was the last time any ethnic group wanted to go to a black community for their school systems. Their culture needs to change and money won’t help

[jackdorsey]

Well i come from castellanos elementary school in little village, and out of 5 teachers, only one cared about me, the math teacher. Most of the kids did ZERO work and just talked all day and started fights, i persevered and im going to lane tech this upcoming school year, 19-18, wish me luck.

[FranciscoHernandez-tcbz]

Everything starts at “HOME” with “BOTH” parents.

[markniles]

If you went through 13 years of school and didn't read a book thats on you. Take responsibility for yourself and stop the blaming. Its not segregation any more its avoiding violent people.

[Greasyheels]

I worked in a school that was an inner city at Cincinnati. Let me just say it doesn't matter how much funding you put in a school it starts with the ability to work. If the students don't want to put the effort in to better themselves it does not matter one bit how much funding or even love you put into teaching.

[dqr]

Take it from me a CPS grad the school system in Chicago is complete TRASH!

[dethica]

Take it from a CPS alumn who is now a banker, the education system is what you make of it. I know plenty of CPS grads who went on to decent colleges, did post-grad, and then became lawyers, bankers, and business professionals. A good chunk of it is what you make of the CPS education, how you avail opportunities, strong parenting (parents who demand educational achievement). While I'm with you that the CPS needs serious reform and funding, we also need to teach a desire for educational attainment.

[vcoonrod]

Why didn't Obama do more for Chicago? He had ample chance.

The entire city is black controlled, top to bottom. It's not whitey keeping them down.

[dansmith]

I attended a majority white high school with a high graduation rate and plenty of extracurricular activities . My junior year we participated in a student exchange. On a Thursday we received 170 all black students from another school. they arrived mid way through 2nd period and the whole school was privileged to hear screams and shouts of "This schoo be ours" and " Where da white gurls be at?" amongst other colorful phrases. By Friday the school had suffered roughly $ 120, 000 worth of damages to the bathrooms alone. multiple fights among the newcomers and attending student body resulting in 3 police visits in 2 days. The program was cancelled that Friday. An amazing opportunity was wasted on students who did not care to use it at all. Simply no interest in learning.