Publication Date
2014
Document Type
Article
Abstract
It is often assumed that schools close, disproportionately, in disadvantaged parts of Chicago. The assumption, however, has yet to be substantiated by research. As a result, this article tests the assumption in order to explain where schools close in Chicago. It does so by introducing a new Chicago Public School (CPS) closings dataset. The dataset sheds some light on the phenomenon by identifying 130 schools that closed, twenty-seven ZIP codes that experienced CPS closings and three demographic characteristics of these ZIP codes. In the process, this dataset helps to explain how CPS closings relate to race, income and location.
Publication Title
Albany Government Law Review
Volume
7
Issue
2
Recommended Citation
Randall K. Johnson,
Where Schools Close in Chicago,
7
Albany Government Law Review
508
(2014).
Available at:
https://irlaw.umkc.edu/faculty_works/345
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