Urban Prep Academies may soon no longer operate public charter high schools in Chicago after state education officials denied the nonprofit’s appeal of a decision by the Chicago Board of Education.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Illinois State Board of Education put an end to a long fight from Urban Prep Academy. The state board denied the school's appeal Wednesday to keep control of its two remaining ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --For years, the city of Chicago has celebrated Urban Prep Academy for its graduation rate and countless other accomplishments. Now, leaders at the school are calling on Mayor Lori ...

About 100 high school boys clad in red ties, white button downs and khaki pants filed into the auditorium Monday morning at Urban Prep Academy’s Englewood campus for the first day of school. “There’s ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A third Urban Prep Academies campus is at risk of losing its charter, and the school is appealing to Gov. JB Pritzker for help. The Illinois State Board of Education will vote Thursday ...

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While we’ve been making endorsements in Tuesday’s general election, the Chicago Board of Education revoked the charter of the storied Urban Prep Academy schools in Bronzeville and Englewood and, over ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to revoke the operating charter for Urban Prep Academies and start the unprecedented process ...

*For the seventh consecutive year, every last senior at Chicago’s predominantly black, all-boys charter school Urban Prep is headed to college, reports the Huffington Post. At the school’s three ...

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