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Coverage dated July 31, 2022

As fewer kids enroll, big cities face a small schools crisis

Headline from KOB 4

Across the U.S., COVID-19 relief money is helping to subsidize growing numbers of big-city schools with small numbers of students. When the money runs out in a few years, officials will face a difficult choice: Keep the schools open despite the financial strain, or close them, upsetting communities …

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  1. KOB 4

    As fewer kids enroll, big cities face a small schools crisis (opens KOB 4)

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    Across the U.S., COVID-19 relief money is helping to subsidize growing numbers of big-city schools with small numbers of students. When the money runs out in a few years, officials will face a difficult choice: Keep the schools open despite the financial strain, or close them, upsetting communities …

  2. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Cities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago's West Side, five preschool and kindergarten students finished up drawings. Four staffers, including a teacher and a tutor, chatted with them about colors and shapes.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Cities face crisis with smaller schools as enrollment shrinks in wake of pandemic (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Across the U.S., COVID-19 relief money is helping to subsidize growing numbers of big-city schools with small numbers of students.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Cities across the U.S. face crisis as fewer kids enroll in public schools (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Across the U.S., COVID-19 relief money is helping subsidize growing numbers of big-city schools with small numbers of students.

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