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School closings

As CPS prepares to close a record number of schools, the fate of students and communities is in question.

Education Week

April 15, 2012

After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no verdict on its effectiveness.

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