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.
Education
English learners often go without required help at Chicago schools
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Many bilingual programs are violating state law by failing to provide adequate services to the district’s growing share of students whose native language is not English.
Education
Muchas veces, los estudiantes de inglés no reciben ayuda requerida en Chicago
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Muchos programas bilingües no cumplen la ley porque ofrecen servicios inadecuados al creciente porcentaje de alumnos cuyos idiomas natales no son inglés.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Planned Englewood school closings throw Harper’s future into question
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The district’s record on reusing shuttered schools has residents worried that the neighborhood high school will become another empty building in a community burdened by vacancies.
Perspectives
For middle-class blacks, success can be a double-edged sword
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Higher incomes and education levels can only take blacks so far up the social ladder, a new study on racial disparities in Chicago shows.
Perspectives
School choice is a scam in segregated neighborhoods
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ agenda to further privatize education would leave even fewer good schools for low-income black and brown students.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Emanuel’s mixed messages on Chicago schools shows lack of credibility
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The mayor’s prevarication on school funding and charter expansion reveals his priorities when it comes to the future stability of CPS.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Rauner, Emanuel getting more than they bargained for with charters
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Chicago is now the most heavily unionized charter school system in the nation. And for the second time in a year, charter teachers threatened to go on strike. That’s certainly not the direction Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel thought they were headed a few years ago.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Chicago school funding crisis exposes steady gutting of neighborhoods
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As the mayor disburses millions in TIF money to pet projects, budget cuts at CPS threaten community stability and programs crucial to stemming violence, like summer school.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
What happened to the closed school in your neighborhood?
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This interactive map tracks the status of the Chicago public schools still empty after mass closures in 2013, providing details on which have been sold and repurposed and which have yet to be reused.