With less than 1% of ACT test takers nationwide achieving a perfect score, Whitney Young's accomplishment stands out.

Nearly two dozen students at a single Chicago high school got a perfect score on the ACT. The 23 teenagers — nearly 5% of the junior class at Whitney Young Magnet High School — were honored in a ...

Less than 1% of ACT test takers across the country achieve a perfect score; at Whitney Young Magnet High School this year, ...

And the latter school should be able to encourage the move. We have a model for how to do this successfully. The model is called the “magnet school.” Until recently these were the only public ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Students at Jefferson County Public Schools who left magnet schools this year due to a lack of JCPS-provided transportation can return to those schools next year.

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago public school officials falsely claimed last week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrived at an elementary school ...

Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school officials denied them entry. But it turned out they were US ...

It’s one way the school has begun transitioning to implementing a “personalized learning model.” Avalon Park is among four Chicago magnet schools sharing in a $15 million federal grant over ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez's job wasn't the only thing on the line at Friday night's Chicago Board of Education meeting. Before deciding whether or not to fire ...

Kids waking up at 5:30 a.m. just to get on a school bus; Chicago leaders and parents say that's the reality for some magnet and selective enrollment students. Others don't even have the option to ...

and Tucson Unified School District hosted its annual Programs & Magnet Schools Fair Wednesday night. With 88 schools to choose from, the fair allowed families to speak with principals and magnet ...