Chicago can’t change what happened 10 years ago, when City Hall closed dozens of schools despite warnings that it was a terrible idea. But CPS is at a make-or-break moment now. The mistakes of the past should be motivation to do better for students moving forward.
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A Sun-Times and WBEZ analysis shows the 2013 school closures “didn t do anything to fix all the structural inequalities that are leading to lower outcomes in the first place.”