This is a list of all of the news coverage of the CPS Proposal:
- ABC News (August 11, 2022): 'Let the Little Light Shine' shows a Chicago community fighting to save neighborhood school
- Chicago Tribune (August 8, 2022): "Let the Little Light Shine" opens Friday: How filmmaker Kevin Shaw shaped Chicago schools controversy into a rousing documentary
- Sun-Times (June 7, 2022): "CPS sets aside $70M for long-sought Chinatown H.S., millions more for school playgrounds in new capital budget"
- The Triibe (May 21, 2022): "Let the Little Light Shine" Documentary Follows the Fight to Save a Public School to Premier in Chicago
- Los Angels Times (Mar 10, 2022): ‘Let the Little Light Shine’ takes on gentrification through one special public school
- Chicago Tribune (Mar 8, 2022): ‘Let the Little Light Shine,’ the Chicago documentary about race, education, politics and dissent, electrifies True/False Film Fest
- Columbia Daily Tribune (Mar 4, 2022): True/False director paints vibrant portrait of Chicago school's triumphs, trials
- Hyde Park Herald (May 28, 2021): Lightfoot didn't keep her word on elected school board
- Chicago Tribune (Mar 3, 2021): Feeling betrayed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, supporters of an elected school board for Chicago Public Schools say ‘this fight is not going to go away anytime soon’
- WBEZ (May 26, 2020): The Plans For A New High School For Chinatown Get A $50 Million Boost
- The American Prospect (Oct 18, 2019): Chicago Teachers and Staff Walk Out for Community Needs
- ABC7 (Sep 4, 2019): First-year teacher starts career at alma mater on Chicago's South Side
- Chalkbeat (Jul 9, 2019): Speaking at a Chicago school board meeting is a feat of endurance for parents. It shouldn’t be.
- Sun-Times (May 15, 2019): Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot names lawyer as chief equity officer
- Crain's (May 15, 2019): Lightfoot reveals more top picks for City Hall team
- Sun-Times (May 10, 2019): Rahm Emanuel’s schools legacy: Record grad rates, but he also closed 50 schools
- University of Notre Dame (May 4, 2019): Chicago Mom Saved Children’s School from Closing
- Chalkbeat (April 10, 2019): Lori Lightfoot names four women of color to head education transition team
- American Bar Association (March 22, 2019): School Closing Victory—The Fight to Save National Teachers Academy
- Gazette Chicago (March 1, 2019): NTA to remain open; South Loop needs high school
- South Side Weekly (Jan. 8, 2019): Education Uninterrupted: Students, teachers, and parents celebrate saving National Teachers Academy in the South Loop
- Education Post (Dec. 7, 2018): Black Kids Don’t Need a Handout or a Shortcut, They Just Need Schools That Work
- Sun-Times (Dec. 5, 2018): CPS will invest in existing Near South Side HS now that NTA plan is done
- Chicago Access Network Television [CAN TV] (Dec. 5, 2018): Political Forum
- Chicago Tribune (Dec. 3, 2018): CPS abandons plans to convert National Teachers Academy into a high school, hours after judge blocks move
- Chalkbeat (Decc 3. 2018): Chicago’s popular National Teachers Academy fends off closure
- Sun-Times (Dec. 3, 2018): CPS pulls plug on new South Loop H.S.; National Teachers Academy to remain open
- abc7 (Dec. 3, 2018): Judge rules to halt CPS efforts to close National Teachers Academy
- CBS Chicago (Dec. 3, 2018): Judge To Rule On Lawsuit Seeking To Block Closure Of South Loop Elementary School
- Chicago Tribune (Dec. 1, 2018): Chance the Rapper to CPS: Keep South Side school open
- Sun-Times (Nov. 15, 2018): Mendoza says her first term as mayor would be different than Emanuel’s third
- Sun-Times (Nov. 1, 2018): Families want latest CPS ratings considered in fight against school closing
- Sun-Times (Oct. 26, 2018): Could new CPS ratings halt South Loop H.S., save National Teachers Academy?
- Sun-Times (Oct. 10, 2018): National Teachers Academy community goes to court to save school
- Sun-Times (Sep. 26, 2018): New South Loop H.S. to serve more students, now could need annex, supporters say
- Chicago Tribune (Sep. 19, 2018): CPS has failed its mission to listen to school communities
- WTTW (Aug. 6, 2018): CPS to Consider Boundary Change to Add Students at Planned High School
- Chalkbeat (Aug. 6, 2018): Neighbors at odds heading into Near South High School hearing
- WTTW (Aug. 1, 2018): NTA Families Seek Injunction to Halt Controversial School Transition Plan
- Sun-Times (Jul. 31, 2018): Families ask for immediate freeze on CPS plan to close National Teachers Academy
- Chalkbeat (Jul. 20, 2018): Boundary lines of proposed South Loop high school drive wedge between communities
- Fox News (Jul. 19, 2018):Controversy surrounds conversion of Chicago elementary school to high school
- Sun-Times (Jul. 19, 2018): CPS confirms NTA boundaries, criticized by overlooked areas
- Reader (Jul. 2, 2018): When local school councils go rogue, can anything be done?
- The Chicago Reporter (Jun. 19, 2018): Lawsuit seeks to stop school closing, alleging racial discrimination
- WTTW (Jun. 19, 2018): NTA Families Sue CPS, Claim School Transition Plan Violates Civil Rights
- WGN (Jun. 19, 2018): Parents sue CPS over school closure
- Sun-Times (Jun. 19, 2018): National Teachers Academy parents sue CPS, saying closing violates civil rights
- Chicago Tribune (Jun. 19, 2018): Parents file lawsuit to halt closure of South Loop elementary school
- South Side Weekly (Apr. 24, 2018): Communities Respond to School Closings
- South Side Weekly (Mar. 21, 2018): Why Is CPS Closing NTA?
- WTTW (Mar. 19, 2018): Activists Say ‘No Amazon,’ Call on Mayor to Restore Shuttered CPS Schools
- Chicago Tribune (Mar. 7, 2018): Why is CPS closing a successful school?
- The Chicago Reporter (Mar. 1, 2018): For one black family, a cycle of school closings
- Sun-Times (Feb. 28, 2018): CPS board votes to close Englewood high schools, elementary school in South Loop
- Chicago Tribune (Feb. 28, 2018): After emotional testimony from opponents, Chicago school board OKs closings and consolidation
- ABC7 (Feb. 28, 2018): CPS to close 4 Englewood schools, convert South Loop elementary to HS
- WTTW (Feb. 28, 2018): Community Leaders Ask CPS Watchdog to Investigate Englewood Plan
- WBEZ (Feb. 28, 2018): Months Of Protest End With Vote To Close Five Chicago Schools
- Chicago Tribune (Feb. 27, 2018): Controversial South Loop school merger plan presents 'myriad concerns and challenges,' CPS-financed analysis says
- Sun-Times (Feb. 26, 2018): Cancel vote to close Englewood schools, protesters say, citing Sun-Times report
- South Side Weekly (Feb 20, 2018): At the Mayor's Door
- Sun-Times (Feb. 19, 2018): School closing protesters take their pleas to mayor’s house
- Crain's (Feb. 16, 2018): Why National Teachers Academy should stay open
- Hyde Park Herald (Feb 7, 2018): I WANT TO BELIEVE: An Open Letter to New CPS CEO Dr. Janice Jackson
- WTTW (Jan. 30, 2018): Education Equity Group Calls for Community Referendum on NTA Transition Plan
- WBEZ (Jan. 23, 2018): Study: School Closing Plan Hurts Poor, Black Students
- Chicago Defender (Jan. 10, 2018): CPS' New Leader Dr. Janice Jackson Has High Hopes
- Sun-Times (Jan. 8, 2018): Chicago Teachers Union: CPS' Proposed School Closings Would Violate Our Contract
- Chicago Tribune (Jan. 8, 2018): Chicago Public Schools Unveils Boundaries for Planned South Loop High School
- Chicago Tribune (Dec. 1, 2017): Chicago Public Schools Closing and Consolidation Plan Would Affect Thousands of Students
- WTTW (Dec. 1, 2017): CPS Announces School Action Plan: Closures, Consolidations in Proposal
- Sun-Times (Dec. 1, 2017): National Teachers Academy to Close, CPS Says
- Sun-Times (Nov. 30, 2017): As City Weighs More School Closures Chicago Parents Speak Out
- Gazette Chicago (Nov. 2, 2017): NTA Protesters Take Their Fight to Mayor's House
- Chicago Defender (Oct. 18, 2017): In the MIX: CTU President Karen Lewis Recovers, NTA Challenges Dem Candidates
- Lawndale News (Oct. 12, 2017): CPS Forms Near South Community Steering Committee
- Sun-Times (Oct. 9, 2017): Outside mayor’s house, protesters oppose converting South Loop school
- Univision (Oct. 9, 2017): Denuncian plan para cerrar una escuela de alto rendimiento en un vecindario de Chicago
- Sun-Times (Sep. 29, 2017): CPS announces rules it could use to close or merge schools in June
- DNAInfo (Aug. 25, 2017) South Loop School Should Close, Be Converted To New High School, CPS Says
- WTTW (Aug. 25, 2017): CPS to Recommend Controversial South Loop Conversion Plan
- Crain's (Aug. 25, 2017): It's official: South Loop to get neighborhood high school
- DNAInfo (Aug. 11, 2017): Mini Ferris Wheel Mocks Rahm, Rips Plan To Close South Loop School
- WTTW (Jul. 26, 2017) NTA Student: ‘As Kids we Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Our Second Home’
- Sun-Times (Jul. 26, 2017) :After accusing governor of racist funding, CPS’ CEO accused of same
- The Chicago Reporter (Jul. 25, 2017): South Side school closings and conversions raise questions of equity
- Chicagoist (Jul. 20, 2017) Teachers Union Highlights Chicago's School Funding Woes In Neighborhood Tour
- Chicago Defender (Jul. 19, 2017): Passionate Town Hall Rallies Against CPS Agenda
- WTTW (Jul. 18, 2017): Ald. Dowell Voices Support to Merge 2 South Loop Elementary Schools
- DNAInfo (Jul. 18, 2017): Closing Majority-Black South Loop School Is Good For Integration, Ald. Says
- Sun-Times (Jul. 11, 2017): CPS: New HS in South Loop could phase in, while NTA phases out
- Univision (Jul. 10, 2017) Sindicato de Maestros de Chicago se opone al cierre de la escuela National Teacher's Academy
- Chicago Tribune (Jul. 10, 2017): CPS proposes phase-in for new South Loop high school
- WTTW (Jul. 10, 2017) Parents, Community Seek Unity in New South Loop High School Proposal
- Gazette Chicago (Jul. 9, 2017): Gradual conversion of NTA would create new South Loop high school
- South Side Weekly (Jun. 21, 2017): Who Controls South Loop Schools?
- Chicago Defender (Jun. 21. 2017): Do Our Black Children Matter?
- DNAInfo (Jun. 21, 2017): South Loop School Would Close, Be Converted to a High School "Gradually": CPS
- WTTW (Jun. 15, 2017): Parents, Community Split Over CPS Plan For New South Loop High School
- DNAInfo (Jun. 7, 2017): Don't Close Our School for new South Loop High School, Parents Warn CPS
- NBC (Jun. 7, 2017): Plans to Shutter South Loop School Meets Stiff Opposition
- WGN TV (Jun. 7, 2017): Residents Weighing In on Plans to Build New CPS High School in the South Loop
- Chicago Tribune (Jun. 6, 2017): CPS Puts Forward New Plan for South Loop High School
- Sun-Times (Jun. 6, 2017): CPS Plans New High Schols for South Loop, Chinatown, Englewood
- WBEZ (Jun. 6, 2017): Plans for New South Loop High School Raise Issues of Class And Race
- DNAInfo (Jun. 6, 2017): CPS Pitch New South Loop High School to Wary Neighbors
- Crain's (Jun. 6, 2017): CPS Unveils Plan for New South Loop High School
- Gazette Chicago (Jun. 4, 2017): TIF to provide $50 million for South Loop School
- Crain's (Jun. 2, 2017): School fight's a sign that segregation is alive and well in South Loop
- Crain's (May. 24, 2017): A new South Loop high school? CPS will look at it.
- DNAInfo (May. 23, 2017): A New South Loop High School? Teachers Academy Could Be Converted Amid Boom
- DNAInfo (Apr. 28, 2017): New South Loop School Getting $50 Million In TIF Cash Instead Of $9 Million
- DNAInfo (Apr. 27, 2017): New South Loop Elementary School Could Look Like This
This is NOT the first time South Loop Elementary, CPS, and government officials have colluded to take over NTA:
- Chicago Journal (Dec. 16, 2009): Move to Teachers Academy Likely
- Chicago Journal (Dec. 23, 2009): Dowell Weighs In (Note that Dowell used to be on NTA's side.)
- Chicago Journal (Jan. 6, 2010): NTA Parents Want Answers
- Chicago Journal (Jan. 13, 2010): Status Quo--For Now, The Upper Grades at South Loop Will Stay Put
- Chicago Journal (Jan. 20, 2010): Time to Plan--Near South Side Public Education Goes to Committees
- WBEZ (Jul.7, 2016): How Chicago School Construction Furthers Race and Class Segregation
