CULTURETECHLENS2013 Chicago school closings
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Combined Graph record U-01637 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0104. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
50 public schools closed
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50 public schools closed
Sources
- https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2023/7/25/23806124/chicago-school-closings-2013-henson-elementary/ (verification source · master store)
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In 2013 Chicago Public Schools closed 50 schools — the largest mass closure of public schools in U.S. history — with the final day of school on June 19, 2013 (Chalkbeat Chicago retrospective, tier 3).
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