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Capital Research Center Issues Commentary: Chicago Schools are Sending Students to a May Day Protest
April 28, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on April 27, 2026, by senior fellow Kali Fontanilla:

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Chicago Schools are sending students to a May Day protest

More than half of Chicago Public School students still can't read at grade level, but the local teacher union wants them to miss a day in the classroom so they can become political protest pawns during a radical left, socialist holiday.

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