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• Chicago Public Schools, while on better financial footing than in 2013, are still wrestling with dramatically shrinking enrollment and could have some tough choices to make, reports Chalkbeat.
• How can we increase efforts to stop public schools closures? Which programs will get at the root causes of declining student enrollment, not just in Chicago but across the U.S.?
• Here's how New York City is dealing with the specter of school closures.
The Chicago Board of Education plans to vote Wednesday on a new policy that would target underenrolled schools for help rather than closure.
The policy would bring Chicago Public Schools in compliance with a state law enacted in August requiring the school district to adopt a policy addressing schools deemed underenrolled and list potential interventions for schools losing enrollment.
School district spokesman Michael Passman wrote in a statement that the policy continues work the district has already begun to back schools wrestling with dwindling or low enrollment, including $15 million in recent funding for such schools and a new application process for schools to add programs to attract more students.
Read the full article about public school policy in Chicago by Adeshina Emmanuel at Chalkbeat.