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    Lessons from Chicago: Principals matter in school improvement

    Mar 05, 2018 3 minutes

    Thirty years ago, Chicago’s schools were called the worst in the nation by the US education secretary. The country’s third-largest school district still makes headlines for its challenges, but is starting to be recognized for its achievements, too.

    Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is celebrating a more than 20 percent increase in high school graduation rates between 2011 and 2017. In the younger grades, the learning happening in CPS between the 3rd and 8th grades is faster than in 96 percent of all US school districts, according to research from

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