Education Week
A new study of how students in Chicago move from high school to work or college presents a classic good-news, bad-news scenario.
On the one hand, growing numbers of the district’s high school students are enrolling in high-level academic programs and courses, says the latest report from the Consortium on Chicago School Research, at the University of Chicago. Yet not enough of those young people are taking full advantage of their expanded academic opportunities by applying to competitive colleges, the study finds...