A group of residents staging a hunger strike to pressure Chicago Public Schools into reopening the former Dyett High School ... enrollment, arts-focused neighborhood high school.” ...

Freshmen walking through the doors of Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts on the South Side experienced feelings similar to those of new high school students everywhere, a mix of first-day ...

The following school year, Dyett reopened as an arts-focused neighborhood high school, with $14 million worth of renovations and new teachers specializing in dance, visual arts and digital media ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Marc Kaplan (from left), Jitu Brown and Irene Robinson reflect on their 34-day hunger strike in 2015 that helped reopen Dyett High School for the Arts ...

Walter H. Dyett High School — saved by neighbors who staged a 34-day hunger strike — held a college Decision Day Thursday for its entire graduating class, including members of its first state champion ...

Earlier this week, the city announced that it would be reopening Dyett High School as an arts institution, but parents and activists were not appeased. They argue that city officials—many of ...

Following protests and a hunger strike, Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that a "new" Dyett High School ... will reopen as an "arts-focused neighborhood high school and community ...

Dyett hunger strikers assembled at City Hall earlier this month. File Photo. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times Share A new principal has been named to launch a reconstituted Dyett High School, which is set to ...

CHICAGO — A group of residents staging a hunger strike to pressure Chicago Public Schools into reopening the former Dyett High ... enrollment, arts-focused neighborhood high school.” ...

The following year, Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts opened its doors to about 150 freshmen. With this background in mind, the team’s success has in some ways become a community ...