Chicago Sun-Times
Back in 2006, the headlines screamed “appalling.”
Out of every 100 Chicago Public School students, only six earned a four-year college degree. For minority students, it was worse — only four Hispanic boys and three African-American boys of 100.
Eight years later, that percentage has risen to 14 CPS students out of 100 graduating from a four-year college by age 25, researchers of the “Through Project” at the University of Chicago’s Consortium on Chicago School Research will announce Tuesday...