Giving Compass' Take:

• Chicago Public Schools, while on better financial footing than in 2013, are still wrestling with dramatically shrinking enrollment and could have some tough choices to make, reports Chalkbeat.

• How can we increase efforts to stop public schools closures? Which programs will get at the root causes of declining student enrollment, not just in Chicago but across the U.S.?

Here's how New York City is dealing with the specter of school closures


The Chicago Board of Education plans to vote Wednesday on a new policy that would target underenrolled schools for help rather than closure.

The policy would bring Chicago Public Schools in compliance with a state law enacted in August requiring the school district to adopt a policy addressing schools deemed underenrolled and list potential interventions for schools losing enrollment.

School district spokesman Michael Passman wrote in a statement that the policy continues work the district has already begun to back schools wrestling with dwindling or low enrollment, including $15 million in recent funding for such schools and a new application process for schools to add programs to attract more students.

Read the full article about public school policy in Chicago by Adeshina Emmanuel at Chalkbeat.