Faced with the loss of millions of dollars in funding, Chicago Public Schools on Monday said it has dropped plans to spurn a controversial standardized test, a decision quickly followed by calls from ...

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First, the good news: Students at once-mired Chicago Public Schools are graduating and heading to college at a record clip. After a decade of steady gains, research shows the results for CPS are now ...

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Chicago Public Schools on Thursday was named a nationwide leader in increasing access to Advanced Placement courses and scores on AP exams by the board that administers the tests. “What Chicago’s ...