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

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School closing rally April 03, 2013 Read More \| (0) Comments	A double hit April 03, 2013 Read More \| (0) Comments
The charter factor April 03, 2013 Read More \| (0) Comments	Crossing guard at Bond April 03, 2013 Read More \| (0) Comments
In the News: Black clergy call closings 'land grab' March 28, 2013 By: Cassandra West Black ministers broke with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday on the volatile issue of school closings and warned that the political firestorm could burn Emanuel’s re-election chances, according to the Sun-Times. Calling it a “land grab” that puts children in danger, they urged Emanuel to call off or scale back his plan to close 54 elementary schools. Read More \| (7) Comments	CTU marches against closings March 27, 2013 By: Lucio Villa and Rebecca Harris Thousands of teachers, parents, students and supporters marched against school closings Wednesday, and more than 100 were arrested when they sat down on LaSalle Street in front of City Hall. Valerie Nelson, who has two children at Lafayette Elementary in Humboldt Park, said she came to the rally because she is concerned closing the school will make her 6-year-old daughter who has autism "regress two years." Read More \| (19) Comments
In the News: CPS prepares for CTU 'disobedience' March 27, 2013 By: Cassandra West The Chicago Teachers Union is planning a rally and potential acts of disobedience Wednesday to protest school closings and CPS plans to be ready, telling principals to report the names of any teachers and students involved in protests and to document the information if any media outlets show up, according to a memo sent last week and leaked by the CTU, WBEZ reports. Read More \| (3) Comments	In the News: The power of teachers—and parents March 26, 2013 By: Cassandra West Continuing its editorials on the results of a Joyce Foundation-Chicago Tribune poll, the newspaper writes about "the power of a teacher," saying that parents, too, need to be "full partners" in a child's education. Read More \| (5) Comments
Students march against closings March 25, 2013 By: Dona Fernandes and Jonathan Gibby A student-organized march against school closings drew about 30 protesters to CPS' 125 S. Clark St. headquarters today. Read More \| (4) Comments