Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, Dr. Eve Ewing

One of the keynote speakers for the Creating Connections Consortium (C3) Summit, sociologist of education Eve L. Ewing will discuss her latest book, Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side (University of Chicago Press). Dr. Ewing will talk about the story of Chicago’s 2013 mass public school closures—the largest wave of such closures in the nation’s history. The event will include a reading of excerpts from the book, behind-the-scenes context, and the deeper story of the research project. It will also include a discussion of the lessons the book presents about history, segregation, racism, and the future of America’s public schools.

This event is CLOSED to the public.