Chicago Public Schools: CALL FOR CHICAGO STUDENTS TO SKIP 1ST SCHOOL DAY

In a bid to highlight funding inequalities at Illinois public schools, community leaders in the nation's third largest school district on Monday called on students from poorer parts of Chicago to skip the first day of classes and spend the day instead trying to enroll at a school in a wealthy suburban district. Tune in for the Call for Chicago students to skip 1st school day episode to hear Kiri Love and I analyze the recent controversy centered on Reverend James Meeks' call for Chicago Public School students to skip the first day of school to enroll in wealthy, suburban New Trier High School.