Coffee Break

In a recent speech to the Council of Great City Schools, Bill Gates singled out Chicago’s Network for College Success (NCS) as an example of a network of schools using data and research to solve problems and boost student achievement. Since 2007, Chicago has seen huge jumps in the rate of students graduating from high school and going on to college, and NCS has been a key partner with the district in creating that success. NCS co-founder Sarah Duncan talked about what it took to make that happen...