Chicago graduation rates climb again, but district has ‘work to do' to narrow racial gaps

Graduation rates at Chicago schools continued to rise this past school year to reach what district officials described as a record high — but gaps separating students by race persist, and the district still significantly trails national averages.

The nation’s third largest district said 78.2 percent of students earned a high school diploma within five years — its preferred graduation rate yardstick — up from 77.5 percent in 2017...