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Hi! This is Mila Koumpilova, one of the education reporters at Chalkbeat here in Chicago.
Today, my colleague Matt Barnum on Chalkbeat’s national team break down the findings of a new study sizing up the disparities in education and other resources faced by students living in poverty and their peers. It found that these children have about $80,000 less invested in their education, development and well-being — and the bulk of that gap is outside of what schools are providing. The study also found significant racial disparities in these investments.
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What We’re Reading
Chicago Public Schools parents push back against May Day agreement, Chicago Tribune(Paywall)
How much will that college cost you? Good luck figuring it out, Hechinger Report
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Thumbnail image by Rachel Woolf for Chalkbeat.
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