Raising the Bar: A Performance Review of Charter Schools

01/31/2011

Several significant events over the past year have raised awareness for the education reform effort called the charter school movement.

League of Extraordinary High Schools

By Collin Hitt

11/04/2010

Problem Chicago’s “open enrollment” high schools that have struggled for decades—graduation rates hover in the fifties, test scores rank far below national averages, and less than 6 percent of students earn a college degree. It is these schools that reform efforts have focused upon and often failed. It is in this light that Chicago parents...

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Charter Schools Dominate Top Ten

09/22/2010

by Collin Hitt Charter schools in Chicago turned in 6 of the top 10 scores on the ACT last year, according to the Illinois Network of Charter Schools. This is the second year in a row, at least, where charter schools have dominated the top ten for non-selective high schools in the city. The press...

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Raising the Bar: A Performance Review of Charter Schools

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Charter Schools Dominate Top Ten

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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