One Great School, Not Part of CPS

by | Nov 19, 2010 | Education

[Providence St. Mel] The lauded West Side high school — profiled in “The Providence Effect,” a documentary that hit the big screen last year — has long been considered a national model for urban education, sending 100 percent of its low- to very low-income students to college for 30 years. Its uniformed students each morning recite a mission statement that emphasizes strength of character.

(Full story here.)

Simple enough.

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