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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.

Nicole Koetting and Sarah Karp

August 29, 2012

At a raucous town hall meeting Wednesday night, a diverse group of activists showed their support for the Chicago Teachers Union.

June 19, 2012

Carrying signs demanding “pre-college, not pre-prison,” and “caps and gowns, not cuffs and bars,” high school students and organizers clad in bright blue and green t-shirts protested revisions to the CPS Student Code of Contact outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office on Monday.

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