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The elephant in the room in the DPS school closure process: charter schools

By Mike DeGuire

Between 2005 and 2016, DPS boards “closed or replaced 48 schools and opened more than 70, the majority of them charters,” according to charter advocacy group Chiefs for Change. While the district was still growing, school boards used the criteria of “failing schools” to close neighborhood schools.

You can read Mike’s piece in News From The States here.