Ewing discussions on school choice talks about how unequal impact with some benefits for selected few and negative impacts for the poor and the kids in need. School closings would effect African American children and erase community history.

"That's how you get black history to go away" One takeaway from chapter 1 ghosts in the schoolyard is the emotional and common impact of school closures. School closures has a negative effect of the people living in the community because its apart of the community and also part of history.