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Achievement Academies

Catalyst Chicago issue cover, published Jun 2006

CPS has tried several strategies to help overage 8th-graders who weren’t ready to tackle high school work. Its latest experiment is based on a national model developed at Johns Hopkins University. The real test of its success: Will students graduate?

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Catalyst Chicago

South Chicago report card

By Mallika Ahluwalia | October 31, 2007
Catalyst Chicago

Texas figured out (for now) how to fix school funding; when will we?

By Veronica Anderson | August 10, 2006
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Poor kids in Chicago, elsewhere likely to get least qualified teachers

By Elizabeth Duffrin | July 19, 2006
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Comings and Goings

By Catalyst Chicago | July 6, 2006
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Suburban superintendent takes on CPS

By Maureen Kelleher | July 6, 2006
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Parents rate schools, selves on involvement

By Mallika Ahluwalia | June 7, 2006
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South Chicago: Finding new life after steel

By Ed Finkel | June 7, 2006
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South Chicago: A school for the community tries to raise math and reading test scores

By Debra Williams | June 7, 2006
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Tall order for academies

By Elizabeth Duffrin | June 5, 2006
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Charter provides escape route

By Elizabeth Duffrin | June 5, 2006
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