E-School News
In one of the largest grants it has ever made to a single school system, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $21 million to the Chicago Public Schools to establish a more rigorous high school curriculum, boost graduation rates, and better prepare students for college.
The money is a crucial element of the district’s so-called “transformation project,” a push by the nation’s third-largest school system to cut high-school dropout rates and improve the fortunes of students who do go on to college...