Thousands of Chicago children will be walking a different route to school as they begin the new academic year this morning after the city closed about 50 elementary schools to help plug a $1bn education budget gap.
The district last month laid off more than 2,000 teachers and staff on top of the roughly 1,000 culled as part of school closures.
Chicago’s measures are some of the more drastic being taken by a school district. But the city is not alone and, as the US braces for another round of budget battles in Washington, they are a stark reminder of the impact already being felt by sequestration.
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