New York City’s selective high schools will not consider state test scores in admissions, over the objections of parents who pushed for what was originally an emergency measure that was to end after ...

Students would be able to join their neighborhood high school automatically. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city school board may be making big changes by taking away selective enrollment and ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael J. Petrilli covers all things K12 education policy and reform. A recent article in the Boston Globe dug into a controversy ...

For parents, having a child enrolled at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School has always been a matter of pride. “My two girls go here, it’s the best high school in Chicago,” parent Julie Chen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For months, students attending some of the city’s most selective schools have traversed Chicago, taking buses, trains and carpools ...

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A recent PhD dissertation by Kristen Glasener illuminates the important role that feeder high schools play in admissions to elite colleges. Glasener, who’s now national director of organizational ...