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Chicago Parents Give School Closures a Poor Report Card

By Yana Kunichoff | Originally Published at Al Jazeera America. September 16, 2014 5:00 AM ETA year after nearly 50 schools closed, overcrowding and safety are big concerns Children play outside one of Chicago's shuttered schools. Yana Kunichoff CHICAGO — It’s the end of the first [...]

Chicago Parents Give School Closures a Poor Report Card2016-11-29T17:37:37-05:00

Mayor, You Stole My Children’s Safe, Sane Neighborhood School

Irene Robinson expressed her desire to take her grandchildren to Anthony Overton Elementary School again, The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district decided to shutter the building for good in 2014. Overton Elementary, at 221 E. 49th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, is one of 50 schools the [...]

Mayor, You Stole My Children’s Safe, Sane Neighborhood School2016-11-29T17:37:43-05:00

Feds Investigating Claim Of Civil Rights Violations In Schools On Chicago’s South Side

Irene Robinson wraps her arm around her grandchild, who attended Anthony Overton Elementary School in Chicago [2013]. The school is one of 48 now shuttered because of a budget deficit. Many parents have voiced concerns about the closures. Photograph by Michael By Joseph Erbentraut | Originally Published [...]

Feds Investigating Claim Of Civil Rights Violations In Schools On Chicago’s South Side2016-11-29T17:37:46-05:00

An Open Letter to the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

You likely heard the stories. You've seen it in the papers. Oprah too sang the praises. In New Orleans, we have witnessed a Miracle. Finally the city is able to provide an excellent education. Yes, the skies opened up. The rains fell. The area was flooded. And [...]

An Open Letter to the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education2016-11-29T17:37:48-05:00

On the Journey For Justice Newark Parents Cheer Federal Investigation Into Controversial School Plan

Parents and advocates gather at Newark City Hall after U.S. Department of Education opened a civil rights investigation into the city's school reorganization plan. By Peggy McGlone | Originally Published at New Jersey Dot Com. - The Star-Ledger. July 24, 2014 at 6:00 AM, updated July 24, [...]

On the Journey For Justice Newark Parents Cheer Federal Investigation Into Controversial School Plan2016-11-29T17:37:49-05:00

The Drive to Privatize Public Education – Colonialism Lives

Photograph; Lafayette Academy, the experience of a charter group with the profit-making company it hired to manage instruction offers a cautionary tale of how well-meaning trustees can easily stumble, and of how privatizing management is often far from a panacea | Tim Mueller for The New York [...]

The Drive to Privatize Public Education – Colonialism Lives2016-11-29T17:37:51-05:00

New Civil Rights Suit Calls School Closures Discriminatory

By Julianne Hing | ColorLines. Schools & Youth. 
Tuesday, May 27 2014, 7:20 AM EST Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, schools are still both separate and unequal. Community and civil rights groups say they’ve identified a key force that’s aggravated the inequity: school closures. [...]

New Civil Rights Suit Calls School Closures Discriminatory2016-11-29T17:37:59-05:00

School Closures: A New Version of Separate and Unequal

Photograph; Students walk through the Loop March 25, 2013, to protest plan to close 50 Chicago elementary schools. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesYour Take: Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, black communities are fighting a new threat that is destroying educational opportunities. By Jitu Brown [...]

School Closures: A New Version of Separate and Unequal2016-11-29T17:38:00-05:00

Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization

Dvorak students said they don't want to lose their teachers. (Kari Lydersen) By Kari Lydersen | Originally Published at Working In These Times. April 24, 2014 6:20 PM The Chicago Board of Education’s vote on Wednesday to convert three public elementary schools into “turnaround schools” run by [...]

Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization2016-11-29T17:38:04-05:00
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