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Study Recommends Shutting Dozens of DC Schools
Updated: Thursday, 26 Jan 2012, 6:48 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 26 Jan 2012, 6:48 AM EST
WASHINGTON - A new study commissioned by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray recommends that more than three dozen public schools in some of D.C.’s poorest neighborhoods be shut down.
The report recommends expanding the number of charter schools.
Some critics are raising concerns because they say the group that performed the research, Chicago-based IFF, supports charter schools.
But according to the Washington Post, the company says their work looks at both school sectors objectively.
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