Research
By: Luis Almanza , Alexander Mangaña,Hector Salazar, and Laurice Skinner
One of the many questions that arose during the research was why certain schools have more AP classes offered. One of the variables noted during the conducted research was that the higher income neighborhoods housed the schools with more AP classes. Neighborhood schools are estimate to have half the amount of AP courses than the average college prep/ selective high schools. based upon CPS's course descriptions from each neighborhood school, neighborhood schools with a low income of more than 50 percent are three times more likely to offer credited core courses that involve working class manual labor.
These courses are a predecessor to what to what is to be their career by providing these working class courses. as the Chicago catalyst stated that if expectations are not set high then individuals will never achieve their full potential.
Based upon the CPS graduation requirements for high schools, differences in neighborhood and selective enrollment schools range from to a four to six credit difference for the basic core courses required for graduation.
Schools with low income students averaged about ten AP courses according to the cps website. Also income correlated with the types of programs and clubs the school offered. An example of this is with the neighborhood school, Hubbard, that offers 9 AP courses and has such extracurricular programs as woodshop and JROTC.
These courses are a predecessor to what to what is to be their career by providing these working class courses. as the Chicago catalyst stated that if expectations are not set high then individuals will never achieve their full potential.
Based upon the CPS graduation requirements for high schools, differences in neighborhood and selective enrollment schools range from to a four to six credit difference for the basic core courses required for graduation.
Schools with low income students averaged about ten AP courses according to the cps website. Also income correlated with the types of programs and clubs the school offered. An example of this is with the neighborhood school, Hubbard, that offers 9 AP courses and has such extracurricular programs as woodshop and JROTC.