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Chicago's Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results

Written by Chezare A. Warren, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University

Despite being known for high college acceptance rates, Urban Prep Academies recently lost a charter to operate a school on Chicago's west side.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

When I joined Urban Prep Academies in 2006 as the founding math teacher at what was to become the nation’s first all-boys public charter high school, the school’s faculty...

Chicago's Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results

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