Barbara Byrd-Bennett
Pausing to Praise CPS
Barbara Byrd-Bennett praises CPS on recent progress, including freshmen on-track rates.
CPS Graduation Rate Jumps 4% to Record High: Ninth Grade "On-Track" Focus Continues to Drive System-wide Improvements
AUGUST 26, 2014 – The city announced that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) posted a record high graduation rate of 69.4 percent, a 4 percent increase over the previous year and the largest two-year increase in the district's history.
Editorial: College can start in high school
CPS CEO Barbara Bryd-Bennett cites the city's climbing on-track rate, a measure developed and shown by the Consortium on Chicago School Research to have propelled high school graduation rates in Chicago.
Editorial: Demand excellence of every city school
Mayor Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett cite the UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research's new report on the impact of focusing on ninth-grade on-track.
Closer look: CPS graduation projections look better than ever
A closer look at Hancock, one of 20 schools studied in the new UChicago CCSR report showing a focus on ninth-grade yielded dramatic results, illustrates how CPS is achieving all-time highs for students on-track to graduate high school.
CPS On-Track for Best Graduation Rate
A student at Juarez High School praises his principal for helping freshman get on-track to graduate, as new research from UChicago CCSR shows 20 high schools that focused on improving on-track saw dramatic gains in graduation rates.
Study Shows Freshman On-Track Boosting CPS Grad Rates
UEI director Tim Knowles is quoted from a press briefing releasing new UChicago CCSR research linking a focus on on-track to higher graduation rates.
CPS graduation projections look better than ever
UChicago CCSR and UEI director Tim Knowles announce new research linking Chicago's rising graduation rates with CPS's focus and success raising ninth-grade on-track rates.
Study links CPS focus on 9th-grade achievement and high school graduation rates
UChicago CCSR director Elaine Allensworth and UEI director Tim Knowles are joined by Mayor Emanuel and CPS CEO Byrd-Bennett in releasing a new Consortium study linking a focus on ninth-grade with Chicago's climbing graduation rates.
CPS Projected Graduation Rate Rises as Schools Focus on Ninth-Graders
Mayor Emanuel and CPS CEO Byrd-Bennett comment as the UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research releases new findings showing high schools that focused on on-track improved graduation rates.
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