Public school closings in Chicago linked to more gun violence in nearby neighborhoods
In 2013, Chicago Public Schools closed 49 elementary schools—the largest mass public school closure in U.S. history at the time. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in Social Science & Medicine, shows that, in a...
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In 2013, Chicago Public Schools closed 49 elementary schools—the largest mass public school closure in U.S. history at the time. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in Social Science & Medicine, shows that, in addition to limiting access to education, the school closures also led to increases in gun violence.
Originally published at Phys.org
