Chicago teachers protest school closures
Move to close schools to plug $1bn budget shortfall denounced for allegeldy targeting poor students.
Published On 28 Mar 2013
Thousands of teachers in the third-largest US city of Chicago are protesting against plans to shut down schools in poor neighbourhoods.
The city’s council said the closures are needed to plug a $1bn budget gap.
Critics of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, however, said he is targeting schools with mostly low-income and minority students.
Al Jazeera’s Diane Eastabrook reports.
Source: Al Jazeera