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The chances of getting a child into a selective-enrollment school will change for about a quarter of Chicago’s families next year under the latest update of the public school tier system, according to the Sun-Times.

“Apples to Apples,” an independent investigation of Chicago Public Schools data, found that 76 percent of CPS elementary schools had entire grades above the recommended class size limit set by CPS in 2011.

Resurrecting a struggling high school is more about changing culture than curriculum, according to Charles Payne, a University of Chicago professor and affiliate of the Urban Education Institute. Schools should be places where teachers are trusted, students are challenged, and parents are engaged, Payne said Friday at an annual conference hosted by the Education Trust. When that happens, students show up and teachers stick around, and that alone can boost student achievement. (U.S. News)