For months, students attending some of the city’s most selective schools have traversed Chicago, taking buses, trains and carpools sometimes as early as 5 a.m., to show up on time for school — and the ...
Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) new funding formula has reportedly impacted the district’s most selective and competitive schools. CPS officials in March voted on an "equity-based" formula that ...
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The same 19 selective schools have placed in Herald’s HSC top 100 for the past 20 years. Other public schools have become ...
Chicago’s school board recently voted to prioritize neighborhood schools and de-emphasize selective enrollment schools, but board members are not ending school choice. Reset dives into the history of ...
As a Chicago middle school parent looking ahead to high school for your child, you face decisions about your options. At the center is the CPS selective enrollment test, a high school entrance exam ...
Chicago Public Schools is asking for feedback on two proposals that would alter the selective enrollment admissions process in a way the district says would ensure low-income students have a better ...
On Oct. 20, 2021, Amherst College officially ended legacy admissions. This decision came amid a growing national debate concerning the ethics of prioritizing applicants based on inherited association ...
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Chicago Public Schools is poised to make a significant change to the admissions process for its coveted test-in elementary and high schools in an attempt to award more seats to low-income students. In ...
In Sydney, partially selective school Alexandria Park Community School went from 464th last year to 191st, while public comprehensive Glenwood High, in the city’s north-west, climbed 134 ranks to ...
Three of the 25 most selective colleges in the nation during the 2023-2024 school year were located in New York, according to federal data. The schools included the Circle in the Square Theatre School ...