
Chicago promised students would do better after closing 50 schools. That didn’t happen.
Chicago closed 50 schools in 2013, saying this would help students. But our analysis shows little changed academically for the affected kids.
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Chicago closed 50 schools in 2013, saying this would help students. But our analysis shows little changed academically for the affected kids.
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.
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The city said the students would be better off, their new schools transformed and the closed buildings would be reborn as community assets.
The mayor promised the 46 buildings left would get a second life. The Sun-Times and WBEZ visited every building and community to see what happened.
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The map reflects the city’s demographics rather than the minority-heavy CPS student body. Lawmakers on Tuesday said it’s only a first draft.
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