Group charges CPS flunking policy is discriminatory

A nonprofit group representing Chicago Public Schools parents alleges that the district's policy of flunking third-, sixth- and eighth-grade students who fail to meet cutoff scores on state standardized tests disproportionately harms black and Latino students.

Parents United for Responsible Education, or PURE, filed a complaint against the CPS policy Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights...