Parenting 4 Academic Success

The landscape of Chicago Public Schools is constantly changing. Thirty years ago you attended your neighborhood school. Today there are lottery,  magnets and selective admission programs.  How does a parent navigate CPS and determine the best options for knowledge. Very carefully and with a little help.

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Parenting 4 Academic Success is about Advocacy Information Empowerment Options Resources and Relationships

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Labeling of a student is frightening and limiting and very few people get a straight answer. What is gifted? How are classical schools different from Gifted schools? What is a learning disability? What is an IEP?

Selective Admission ( gifted and classical) schools, Magnet programs, testing, lottery applications and all the related issues begin at kindergarten and preschool, may reoccur for 1st, 6th, 7th and 9th grades.

Test scores and report card grades and checks can negatively impact a students available  options. To participate in a wealth of programs available through CPS.