Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CPS' DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON SCHOOL CLOSINGS

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CPS' DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON SCHOOL CLOSINGS

by Mike Klonsky

Our CReATE group has come out with another report exposing the continuing CPS disinformation campaign around school closings. This one shows that impact of the closings on the lives of students has been underestimated in media statements from the Board by more than 50%.


UIC researchers Josh Radinsky and Federico Waitoller prepared the report which further details the devastating effects of the proposed school closings in terms of student relocation and faculty dismissal. They show that CPS statements on this matter greatly underestimate the scale of the impact. One of the stunning