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Today, the 30,600 residents of the Englewood community in eastern Chicago are faced with some daunting challenges in providing their children with the high-quality educational services they need to succeed in the 21st century (Tu, 2016). The vast majority of the residents of this densely populated community are low-income minority members, and the violent crime rate is among the nation’s highest. Against this backdrop, identifying opportunities to improve the educational opportunities for Englewood’s young learners represents a timely and valuable enterprise. To this end, this paper provides a demographic analysis of the Anna R. Langford Community Academy in Chicago’s Englewood community, followed by a narrative analysis of these data. Finally, a discussion concerning the implications of the demographic analysis is followed by a summary of the research and important findings concerning these issues for the residents of Englewood in the conclusion.
1. Demographic Data Report:
Relevant demographic data for the Anna R. Langford Community Academy (hereinafter alternatively “Langford” or “the school”) include the following.
· The Anna R. Langford Community Academy is located at 6010 South Throop Street and is a Track E community school in Englewood with the primary mission of “making a difference in children’s lives through the turnaround initiative” by “providing a positive, nurturing, and safe learning-centered environment and a high-quality, comprehensive academic program focusing on literacy, math, science, and social studies” (Langford overview, 2018, p. 1).
· The school has 272 students (Langford overview, 2018).
· The overwhelming majority (97.1%) of the school’s...
Location of the Anna R. Langford Community Academy
Source: http://www.langfordacademy.org/apps/maps/
2. Demographic Data Analysis
The borders of Englewood are shown in Figure 2 and its geographic location compared to Chicago is depicted in Figure 3 below.
Figure 2 and 3. Englewood borders and geographic location in Chicago
Source: https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_ Maps/Community_Areas/CA_ENGLEWOOD.pdf
While there are no recent data concerning what languages are spoken in the Englewood community, it is reasonable to posit that English is predominant since just 3.0% of the school’s students are Hispanic or classified as “other”; in addition, the school offers no bilingual resources (Langford overview, 2018). Likewise, although a current religious breakdown of the Englewood community is not available, other relevant demographic data are presented below:
· With a population density of 14.091 residents per square mile, the surrounding Englewood community is even more densely populated than Chicago at 11,909 residents per square mile (Englewood neighborhood overview, 2018).
· The unemployment rate of Englewood is 21.3% (Tu, 2016).
· The average…
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