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Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 7, 2016
Chicago readies Alexander Hamilton statue for
Hamilton
musical premiere, and other news
Also, the ultimate guide to
Playboy
’s Chicago.
By Kate Shepherd
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Bryan Bickell
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Bleader
Jun 23, 2014
Chicago's entire school desegregation strategy needs a turnaround
Merely tweaking the selective enrollment school formula won't help the vast majority of African-American and Hispanic CPS students.
By Steve Bogira
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Education
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Poverty
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Segregation
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News
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Chicago Public Schools
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segregation
,
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Pat Dowell
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Will Burns
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Payton College Prep
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Jones College Prep
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Northside College Prep
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Whitney Young Magnet
,
desegregation
,
William Farrow
,
Richard Kahlenberg
,
New York Times
,
Stuyvesant High School
News & Politics
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Feature
Sep 24, 2013
Three families tell us why they ditched CPS
Why is the Chicago public school enrollment overwhelmingly low-income? Because when push comes to shove, the city's middle-class parents often shove off for the suburbs.
By Steve Bogira
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North Riverside, Illinois
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy High School
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Stephen F. Gale Elementary Community Academy
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Batavia, Illinois
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Blogs
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Bleader
Jun 13, 2013
Why trying to make separate equal is a failing strategy for Chicago's schools
Separate but equal "has no place in the field of public education."
By Steve Bogira
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Brown v. Board
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Chicago Public Schools
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Benjamin Willis
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Clair Roddewig
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Chicago Board of Education
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magnet schools
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selective enrollment schools
News & Politics
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Feature
Jun 13, 2013
Audio
Trying to make separate equal
Having failed at desegregation, Chicago has tried instead to provide quality education in poor, racially isolated schools. That hasn’t worked either.
By Steve Bogira
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1954
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Melody Elementary School
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1961
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CTU
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Chicago Teachers Union
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Chicago Housing Authority
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CHA
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Pavlyn Jankov
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Karen Lewis
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University of Chicago
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Consortium on Chicago School Research
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Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 14, 2013
The speech Obama should give in Chicago
Is there something deeper than gun violence that we need to focus on?
By Steve Bogira
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Chicago Public Schools
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,
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Altgeld Gardens
,
Riverdale
Columns & Opinion
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On Politics
Jan 22, 2013
The Chicago manual of school closings
A close look at how Chicago officials shutter public schools
By Ben Joravsky
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Rahm Emanuel
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school closings
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Chicago Public Schools
,
schools
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CPS
,
gentrification
,
public housing
,
Robert Fioretti
,
Leslie Recht
,
Second Ward
,
neighborhood schools
,
magnet schools
,
charter schools
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 11, 2012
Should Emanuel move to Englewood?
Rahm's desegregation plan
By Steve Bogira
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Segregation
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Politics
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
segregation
,
diversity
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Englewood
,
Lake View
,
Beverly
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Hyde Park
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Morgan Park
,
Edgewater
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Uptown
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Rogers Park
,
Jane Byrne
,
Magnificent Mile
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Cabrini-Green
,
unemployment rate
,
homicide rate
,
dropout rate
,
charters
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Green Line
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Bass elementary
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University of Chicago Lab School
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Chicago Public Schools
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,
affordable housing
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Douglas Massey
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American Apartheid
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