Chicago closed 50 public schools 10 years ago. What were the costs and consequences?
This week marks a decade since the Chicago Board of Education voted to carry out the largest mass school closure in the nation’s history.
When 50 Chicago public schools were closed a decade ago, then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district leaders promised students would be better off and that the buildings would be transformed into community assets. A new WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times series takes a closer look at those promises and the long-term consequences on the city’s district, neighborhoods and families.
Reset learns more from the team behind the series.
GUESTS: Kate Grossman, WBEZ senior editor for education
Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter
Lauren FitzPatrick, Chicago Sun-Times investigative reporter
Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter
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Chicago closed 50 public schools 10 years ago. What were the costs and consequences?
This week marks a decade since the Chicago Board of Education voted to carry out the largest mass school closure in the nation’s history.
When 50 Chicago public schools were closed a decade ago, then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district leaders promised students would be better off and that the buildings would be transformed into community assets. A new WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times series takes a closer look at those promises and the long-term consequences on the city’s district, neighborhoods and families.
Reset learns more from the team behind the series.
GUESTS: Kate Grossman, WBEZ senior editor for education
Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter
Lauren FitzPatrick, Chicago Sun-Times investigative reporter
Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter