The Round Up
Week of October 23
Here are the stories from around the web that caught our eyes this week …
“Chicago Public Schools slated to revoke Urban Prep’s charters”
Chicago Public Schools is poised to take over two campuses of a charter school once lauded for steering Black boys to college but more recently mired in financial and other troubles.
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“Chicago Public Schools graduation rate hits record high”
By Sarah Karp
Chicago Public Schools officials are celebrating a record high four-year high school graduation rate of 82.9% for the Class of 2022, up from 80.2% last year and 77% five years ago.
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“Mariano’s Agrees to Buy Jewel-Osco and Create Grocery Super Chain”
by Ashok Selvam
As Chicagoans change their grocery shopping habits and depend less on brick-and-mortar stores, the city’s two biggest players, Mariano’s and Jewel-Osco, have announced plans to combine operations. Mariano’s parent company, Kroger, has agreed to purchase Jewel’s owner, Albertsons, in a deal reportedly worth $24.6 billion.
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“The Inequality of Safety”
By Steve Hendershot
How safe is Chicago? The answer depends on where you're standing.
The North Side is as safe as it's been in a generation, with a homicide rate that has declined steadily throughout this century, barely ticking up during the especially violent years of 2016 and 2020, then falling again in 2021, even as the city as a whole experienced its bloodiest year since the mid-1990s, according to Chicago Police Department data.
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