Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, September 6, 2016.
Chicago Public Schools graduation rates improved in 2016
Nearly three-quarters of ninth-graders in Chicago Public Schools go on to earn a high school diploma within five years, according to new data from CPS. The graduation rate increased for the class of 2016, and about 1,400 more students graduated from high school in 2016 than in 2015. Improvements at neighborhood schools were the reason for the increase, according to CPS chief education officer Janice Jackson. [Sun-Times]
