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In the name of equity, the board of education’s plan would eliminate selective enrollment at 11 high schools which provide an academically advanced education to nearly 10,000 Black and Hispanic students. Over 7,500 of the students enrolled in these 11 schools are low-income.
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No, they’re going to make ALL schools better, so that students that excel don’t need to go to the selective schools. That’s what every leader in CPS and the CTU are saying.
Except when it doesn’t work out that way, OH well, at least we tried, right?