The Chicago Tribune – Cynthia Dizikes
“Although the CPS age cap for preschool, kindergarten and first grade has been a longstanding policy, the district just began uniformly enforcing it this year at its competitive magnet schools. At CPS, the intent of a hard-line approach was partly to ensure greater equity among Chicago children vying for a limited number of positions at the district’s top schools, general counsel Patrick Rocks said in an interview this week.”(more)