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Public school? Not for Chicago Teachers Union kids

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9/10/2012

by Scott Reeder
Journalist in Residence

According to the Washington Times, a 2004 Fordham Institute study found that 39 percent of Chicago public school teachers send their own children to private schools. That’s compared to a national average of 12 percent of all children who are educated privately.