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Ayesha Qazi-Lampert

McClellan Elementary in Bridgeport on Dec. 18, 2022. Several classrooms were found to have lead paint, a long-standing problem in Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago’s public schools need a ‘Green New Deal’ to modernize aging buildings

To address the breadth and depth of the need to remediate outdated schools at a time of worsening weather extremes, Chicago needs an estimated $30 billion, two educators write.

By Ayesha Qazi-Lampert and Jackson Potter