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Carmen Gioiosa
Carmen Gioiosa ran for election to the Chicago Public Schools school board to represent District 4b in Illinois. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Gioiosa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Chicago Public Schools school board District 4b
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago Public Schools school board District 4b on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ellen Rosenfeld (Nonpartisan)  | 41.6 | 49,351 |
| Karen Zaccor (Nonpartisan) | 30.2 | 35,825 | ||
 | Kimberly Brown (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 11,128 | |
 | Thomas Day (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 9,126 | |
 | Carmen Gioiosa (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 8,414 | |
| Andrew Davis (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 4,719 | ||
| Total votes: 118,563 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Carmen Gioiosa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gioiosa's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- At this time in Chicago, leadership must be transformative. Three common elements that are central to transformative leadership are social betterment, equity, and a vision that reshapes belief and knowledge structures (Shields, 2010). Chicago’s Elected School Board has an opportunity to be transformative and inject CPS with fresh ideas from independent voices.
- We need to have a laser focus on two core benchmarks (reading and algebra). First: Ensuring reading proficiency by the end of 2nd grade. This allows a timely shift from students learning-to-read to reading-to-learn by the end of 4th grade, and acquiring new information/knowledge. Second: Algebra proficiency in 8th grade. Algebra is a gateway toward more advanced mathematics courses in high school and beyond, and is often tied to successful high school graduation.
- .Career exploration and developing a career portfolio in grades 4, 8, and 10 prepares students for a productive future. The path needs planning and for our students and parents to understand Career and Technical Education (CTE) is a very real and good option. CTE jobs are in high demand and will provide upward mobility. In addition, CTE pathways lead to post-secondary degrees. All students must leave their high schools with “the ability to select an occupation that does in fact have a career pathway associated with it rather than simply taking the first job that comes along” (Conley, 2010, p. 5).
Throughout my research and teaching, I reference scholars and researchers who challenge educators to consider the way education systems or schools access or restrict capital and the empowering role of educators and schools as institutional agents. We must focus on concrete, underlying obstacles to accessing high quality schools and instruction.
School boards exist to improve student outcomes (the “why”) by progress monitoring inputs (the “how”) such as:
human talent (i.e., educators, leaders, students, families),
material resources (i.e., books, workbooks, smartboards, computers),
financial resources (i.e., dollars spent per student),
infrastructure (i.e., school buildings, property, mechanicals), and
basic needs and social services (i.e., breakfast and lunch, vision and hearing tests, dental and health screening).
The school board members fulfills this role by: establishing the mission and vision of the district; adopting policies and rules; governing over operations and facilities; articulating academic goals and programs; monitoring progress and student outcomes; hiring and developing talent; including families and community in decision-making process; and adopting a budget aligned to the BOE’s mission and vision.
I envision hosting monthly or bi-monthly meetings with the community to share and report out on school research and policy matters. In addition, hosting forums and education leaders to directly engage with families, students, and community members. I will survey and discuss in an open forum proposed policy or changes and build consensus around solutions or needs and bring back to the Board of Education.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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