school closings

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment and as […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia school parents, students and staff are coming to grips with the impending closure of 23 public schools. University City High School Principal Timothy Stults said Friday his students are grieving the loss of their school, which will close in June. A day earlier, officials voted to shutter about 10 percent of […]