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May 17, 2013 7 min

Cutting Chicago Schools

from #1320: Cutting Chicago Schools Hosted by latinousa

In Chicago, officials plan to shutter 54 neighborhood elementary schools they say are under-utilized. The closings are expected to save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars, but many are angry and upset. Students from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University examine the impact at two schools in a heavily Latino neighborhoods. Paige Sutherland, Tanya Basu, Ananth Baliga and Lisa Carter report.

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