Photo by John Booz

Gentrifiers slow to buy CPS,
displaced students paying a price
CATALYST analysis shows the effects of rapid gentrification on public schools.
*Plus charts that show:

• Fewer whites use gentrified-area schools
• Fewer kids, fewer school-aged kids
• People move in, but don't use CPS schools

MOVING IN:

Roscoe Village group works to bridge school, community gap
Middle-class residents working to improve
their neighborhood schools.

Gentrifiers give public schools a chance
A family sets its sights on a school, then a home.

PUSHED OUT:

How three families are dealing with displacement
Sneaking in, hanging on and fighting back.

Overcrowded school serves displaced students
Elementary school struggles to serve students in crowded Belmont Cragin.

WEB EXTRAS:

Schools in hot areas lose local students

Research on gentrification, education

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