Many families fleeing the poorest pockets of the city are ending up in cash-strapped school systems in the suburbs and northwest Indiana.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Study: After mass school closings, impacted students lagged academically
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Although Chicago Public Schools promised a better education for thousands displaced by 2013’s closures, those students saw long-term negative effects, a sweeping report shows.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Private schools, poised to grow in Illinois, move into closed Chicago public schools
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The recent sales of four vacant schools to private school operators could stir more competition for the public school system as school choice initiatives gain support in the state and nation.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
For one black family, a cycle of school closings
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Poor students continue to bear the brunt of Chicago’s newly approved plans to shut down more public schools.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
When Chicago closed her kids’ school, she decided to fight back
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As Chicago Public Schools prepares to shut down more schools, it faces continued resistance from people like Irene Robinson, whose community was fractured by 2013’s mass closures.
Behind the Data
How we researched Chicago student transfer patterns
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About a third of students leaving segregated, low-income Chicago schools end up back in majority black and poor suburban schools, our analysis shows.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Can Janice Jackson be the anti-Forrest Claypool at Chicago Public Schools?
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The former educator could bring a different perspective to pressing issues of privatization, special education funding and school closings.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
School closing and opening pattern shows Chicago doesn’t have a plan
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An ideological agenda for more “school choice” seems to be driving the district’s actions rather than what’s needed on the ground.
Perspectives
Public universities increasingly out of reach for Illinois’ low-income students
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Deep cuts to higher education are pushing black, Latino and other first-generation college hopefuls out of a path to upward economic mobility, a new report shows.
Perspectives
South Side school closings and conversions raise questions of equity
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The massive reshuffling of black students in Englewood and South Loop wouldn’t fly in a wealthier school district.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Closed schools could remain vacant without public subsidy
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Developers buying shuttered Chicago schools face stiff competition for tax credits that make their repurposing plans viable.