Local schools building a bridge to the graduation stage

“Freshmen!” Once the bully’s battle cry, it’s now a rallying cry for administrators bound and determined to graduate students on time.

On time means in 4 years, and there’s an Illinois Report Card metric to measure it called Freshmen on Track. According to research conducted by the Consortium on Chicago School Research, students who fail a single class during freshman year have a 22 percent chance of graduating in 4 years...