WebExtra: Giving students a VOYCE by Kristin Maun November, 2007
Research and activism by teens in Albany Park may hold the answer to curbing the dropout rate
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Albany Park: ASPIRA overcoming a bumpy start by John Myers November, 2007
ASPIRA Early College High School is temporarily sharing a building with another ASPIRA-operated school, Haugan Middle, in a new $17 million facility in the heart of Albany Park. The temporary arrangements are controversial, and underscore the mixed feelings in the community toward ASPIRA.
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Albany Park: Roosevelt High gets a makeover by John Myers November, 2007
Roosevelt High School has spent years working to resurrect its reputation in the Albany Park community. It’s been an uphill battle. Roosevelt has revamped its curriculum, increased security, boosted its graduation rate and raised the number of graduates it sends to four-year colleges. But many residents still see Roosevelt as the school of last resort.
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Albany Park: Tying schools together at the roots by John Myers November, 2007
Encouraging organic relationships between teachers is part of a larger initiative to build parental engagement and student leadership in Albany Park. Some also see the project, dubbed the Greater Albany Park Education Coalition, as a way for neighborhood schools to band together in the face of competition from selective high schools and new schools being created under Renaissance 2010. Without a game plan, existing neighborhood schools could lose students and, eventually, face closure.
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Albany Park: A legacy under pressure by John Myers November, 2007
A working-class, immigrant community bands together to save its neighborhood schools.
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