When the clock struck 5 p.m. on Friday, March 27, eighth grade families throughout Chicago gathered around computers as high school admissions offers started appearing online. But a week later, som… ...

At the time, Johnson and his Chicago Teachers Union backers well knew that any attempt to mess with Chicago’s superb little clutch of 11 selective-enrollment high schools — Northside College ...

Joe Gondolfi, a high school teacher for Chicago Public Schools, said he’s long been puzzled by the students and parents who seem obsessed with selective enrollment high schools.

Chicago is home to 11 high-ranking enrollment schools, including charter and magnet schools like Walter Payton Prep and Jones College Prep. In 2017, Chicago Public Schools set up a selective ...

According to U.S. News & World Report, Payton College Prep, part of Chicago Public Schools, is one of the best schools in the country, ranking fifth in the latest Survey.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has faced fierce scrutiny as the city's school board moves to end the selective enrollment ... According to the Chicago Sun-Times, 76% of high school students and 45% ...

Chicago Board of Education says new strategic plan won't close selective enrollment schools 00:33. CHICAGO ... made up 24% of the enrollment at the top 5 selective enrollment high schools, ...

But undoing the legacy of outstanding high schools such as Walter Payton, Jones, Lindblom or Lane Tech — which, like others in the selective-enrollment system, consistently rank among the best ...

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’s most marginalized students have almost no shot of getting into CPS’ elite schools A student’s elementary school is a key predictor of who gets into a test-in high school, WBEZ found.

That’s the profile of a handful of selective-enrollment schools in Chicago that have been a success for many parents. Instead of replicating the model, the Chicago Public School system (CPS ...

In Chicago, for example, more than half of the students currently enrolled in the district’s 11 selective high schools are low-income, and almost 70 percent are Black or Hispanic. In seven of ...