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Bay Area high school graduate accepted to 24 colleges, including some of the best in the country
As we celebrate our Bay Area high school graduates, a Vista Oaks Charter School high school graduate was accepted to 24 ...
A Black girl endured racist bullying in a mostly white Chicago school. Did CPS do enough?
The middle schooler faced years of bullying as educators struggled and failed to suppress it. CPS has added investigative ...
100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools
Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates ...
Fantastic four: Who goes on high school basketball's Mount Rushmore?
The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With ...
Academic greatness: 23 students from same high school achieve perfect ACT scores
With less than 1% of ACT test takers nationwide achieving a perfect score, Whitney Young's accomplishment stands out.