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Let The Little Light Shine | POV

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Mon Dec. 12 at 10PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING| An academic beacon for Black children on Chicago’s South Side battles gentrification.

National Teachers Academy (NTA) is a top-ranked, high-performing elementary school in a growing south side Chicago neighborhood. As the neighborhood gentrifies, a wealthy parents group seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus.

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