Public Education’s Days of Reckoning – City Journal

"Chicago’s pre-pandemic enrollment losses led to a controversial effort by then-mayor Rahm Emanuel to close poorly performing and shrinking schools. Now school districts across America are having that same contentious debate, especially as Covid relief money from the federal government dries up."
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Da Judge
3 years ago

I read that in Detroit before the bankruptcy over 40% of the K-12 schools were less than 50% occupied. School districts were reluctant to shut and consolidate schools because of the teachers unions.

Chicago sure seems to be having the same problem with the teachers unions,

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