The vast majority of students affected by Chicago's massive school closures in 2013 enrolled in better-performing schools than the ones they left behind, a new report says. However, nearly one-third of those who did not attend the district's designated "welcoming schools" chose schools with lower academic ratings, it says.
The report, released last week by the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research, is the latest in a series of studies of how the city's closure of nearly 50 schools has impacted students and families in the nation's third largest school district. The consortium's analysis focused on students who were enrolled in grades K-7 at the time, and is based on data from the Chicago district and interviews with 95 families from 12 schools that were directly affected by the closures...