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

Jacob Gourley

February 02, 2012

In my dozen-plus years as a social studies teacher at Thornton Fractional South High School in south suburban Lansing, Ill., I’ve become well practiced in the art of doing more with less. Most of my fellow public school teachers, I’m sure, know what I’m talking about. With budgets tight and resources scarce, teachers learn how to stretch everything from supplies to classroom minutes.

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