As schools have closed and teachers have gone on strike, the Chicago Public Schools seems to trend ever faster toward privatization. In December, after closing fifty “underutilized” public schools, CPS announced a proposal to open twenty-one new charter schools—publically funded but privately run—over the next few years. Christopher and Sarah Lubienski, authors of “The Public […]
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