Study says closing of failing schools in Chicago has done little to benefit students

Oct. 29, 2009
Report says most students transferred to schools that also were academically weak


From The New York Times: A study by researchers at the University of Chicago concludes that most students at failing schools that closed in the first five years of Arne Duncan’s tenure in Chicago saw little benefit. Most students who transferred out of closing schools re-enrolled in schools that were academically weak, says the report by the university’s Consortium on Chicago School Research.

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