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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

Black community leaders call on CPS to fix achievement gap

School Board President Jianin Shi welcomes attendees during a school board meeting at Austin College and Career Academy in Austin, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Later in the meeting, he and the board were criticized for their plan to support Black students. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Black community activists are criticizing Chicago Public Schools leaders for not doing more to examine and address an educational achievement gap between Black students and other racial groups.

A couple dozen Black community leaders attended Thursday’s Board of Education meeting to call on the board to create a committee that would develop a strategy to help Black students academically.

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