Arne Duncan as CEOArne Duncan, appointed in 2001, continued Vallas’ legacy of punishing struggling schools for struggling. Schools would often see all staff replaced, temporary closures, and the likes. Over the course of the decade following this, the share of black teachers would fall from 33.3% of teachers, to 21.9%.(IRRPP 58) In that same time, the policies failed to consistently save underperforming schools.
420,982 CPS students:(IRRPP 71) This number will begin decrease rapidly, dropping by nearly 100,000 students in two decades. This is linked to trends like families moving to suburbs, and school privatization + school closures. This trend additionally creates challenges, for example, how can a school district provide good local schools for fewer and farther between children?
Rennaissance 2010:Renaissance 2010 aimed to close 70 underperforming schools, and open 100 newer, better schools (mostly charter). This was the crown jewel of neoliberal school reform, which aimed to use competition to improve schools. Mass school closures mostly targeted struggling communities.
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