Struggle against school closures and ‘turnarounds’ heats up in Chicago

Struggle against school closures and ‘turnarounds’ heats up in Chicago

Jaisal Noor

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Struggle against school closures and ‘turnarounds’ heats up in Chicago</h1> <p>Across the country, March 1 was as a day of action for defending public education. One of the major themes of the day was fighting the privatization of this public good.</p> <p>For years, Chicago has served as an incubator for privatization schemes such as unelected school boards, mayoral control and charter schools. But Chicago also boasts some of the best-organized resistance to those policies. Watch this report to hear from some of the organizers leading that fight.</p> <p>For more, hear my <a href="http://fsrn.org/audio/students-and-brooklyn-residents-rally-defend-access-education/9936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">coverage</a> of a recent anti-privatization protest in Brooklyn for Free Speech Radio News, as well as another FSRN <a href="http://fsrn.org/audio/california-students-and-teachers-protest-budget-cuts-and-tuition-increases/9938" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">report</a> about ongoing actions in California against tuition hikes and budget cuts.</p> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Struggle+against+school+closures+and+%26%238216%3Bturnarounds%26%238217%3B+heats+up+in+Chicago&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Struggle+against+school+closures+and+%26%238216%3Bturnarounds%26%238217%3B+heats+up+in+Chicago" style="border:0" alt="" />