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[Bridget Broderick]

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Schools look for balance after race-based decisions banned 

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End of consent decree means economic factors may play role

By Azam Ahmed

Tribune reporter

September 27 2009

A federal judge's decision last week to end mandatory racial integration in Chicago Public Schools presents district officials with a quandary increasingly shared by urban districts across the nation: how to achieve racial equality without making explicitly race-based decisions. 

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-cps-consent-decreesep27,0,1076351.story 

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