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Here's One Parent's Story About the Closing of Her Neighborhood CPS School
By Owen Hurd
Trumbull Elementary was closed by a unanimous vote of the school board today, despite parents' claims that the school is not underutilized—if special-education students are considered. Read more
Why These Four Chicago Public Schools Won't Close
By Whet Moser
Community involvement, private investment, and basic math all helped spare Mahalia Jackson, Manierre, Leif Ericson and Garvey Elementary Schools. Read more
Are the Chicago School Closings Really Targeted at Certain Races?
By Whet Moser
A look the geography of race and population change in several school districts in Chicago. Read more
The 12 Best Signs at the CPS Protest
By Harry Sawyers
Whatever side you take at the Chicago Public Schools protests in Daley plaza today, you have to appreciate how the message came across. Read more
What's Wrong With Chicago's Public Schools?
By Whet Moser
The biggest issues are crime and a lack of funding, according to Chicagoans surveyed in a recent Joyce Foundation poll. Read more
Chicagoans Hate CPS (But They Love the School Their Kid Attends)
By Whet Moser
City residents grade Chicago's Public School system with an F more often than A. But there's usually one school every parent thinks is really great. Read more
Was There Ever a Golden Age of Chicago Public Schools?
By Whet Moser
A look back at 50 years of CPS reform finds all the same problems, statistics, and nostalgia for a better time. Read more
Chicago Public Schools Proposes 54 Schools for Closure, Six for Turnaround
By Whet Moser
CPS lays out its final list, its plan for each school, and its schedule of public meetings to address the closures. Here it is at a glance. Read more
On CPS Closings: What the Past Says About the Future
By Whet Moser
This isn't the first round of school closings in Chicago. Here's what history can teach us about what's ahead. Read more
Here Are the Chicago Public Schools That Could Close
By Whet Moser
Aldermen and principals are announcing the recommended CPS elementary school closures today. This story will be updated as the list develops. Read more
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