Chicago Public Schools Lay Off Hundreds of Tutors Before the End of the School Year

As a tutor at Eugene Field Elementary School in Rogers Park, Jacob Wilcox spent the last year listening to a small group of students read sentences aloud to identify their struggles and build their confidence. “You see a lot of growth in students when they get that one-on-one support,” Wilcox said. Many of his students, most from low-income families and often multilingual, never had the opportunity for tutoring until his arrival. But this type o…