Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side

“Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools.”

That’s how Eve L. Ewing opens Ghosts in the Schoolyard : describing Chicago Public Schools from the outside. The way politicians and…

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