Eve L. Ewing: Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side

In Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Eve L. Ewing critically analyzes the large-scale school closings that rocked Chicago’s southside in the early-to-mid 2010s. Ewing grapples with several concepts such as the role racism played in the school closures, the notion of a failing school and its impacts on members of the school community, and the importance of institutions such as schools in Black communities. In doing so, she reveals how schools are much more than the place where students learn and where teachers teach. …