"Closing a school is worse than a root canal," Chancellor Klein recently told the New Yorker. "You're disrupting people's lives." Nevertheless, the Panel for Educational Policy voted Tuesday to close 19 " failing" schools. This, despite major outcry from parents, students, and teachers.
Advocates for Children -- the parent of Insideschools.org -- issued a statement prior to the vote warning that many of the closing schools served large numbers of high-needs students, and that while closing failing schools is sometimes necessary, the city ought to consider the effect these closures will have on our most at-risk youth.
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