Gang grafitti is scrawled on the back of the recently closed Guggenheim Elementary School in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. A charter school is set to open in the same building and the students were sent to nearby elementary schools, but gang grafitti covered the entire back of the building etched in chalk.

Many of Chicago's Public Schools are slated for closing in the next several years. Already, many have been closed. Some are then re-opened as charter schools or new schools within the public system. One thing is for sure, the debate over how to reform public schools in the United States is far from over.

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Photographs of Chicago Public Schools that have already been closed or are slated for closure.

Gang grafitti is scrawled on the back of the recently closed Guggenheim Elementary School in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. A charter school is set to open in the same building and the students were sent to nearby elementary schools, but gang grafitti covered the entire back of the building etched in chalk. Many of Chicago's Public Schools are slated for closing in the next several years. Already, many have been closed. Some are then re-opened as charter schools or new schools within the public system. One thing is for sure, the debate over how to reform public schools in the United States is far from over.

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Date2009-01-31

LocationChicago, Il, United States

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