Chicago Tribune
Jeff Nelson and his team at OneGoal knew they couldn't just focus on academics when they began to put together a strategy in 2007 to help underperforming Chicago Public Schools students enter college and earn degrees.
As he talked to teens who had been through a pilot version of the college-prep program, he heard stories time and again of kids who'd lived tragic lives. Some had endured sexual abuse, the loss of loved ones, or were trying to survive gang- and drug-ridden neighborhoods...