Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Urban Prep Academy campuses are set to be taken over by Chicago Public Schools after the Board of Education voted Wednesday ...

Looking ahead to his senior year of high school, Myles Brown isn’t sure what to expect. He’s conflicted, hopeful, sad. “I really thought this would be the school I graduate from,” the Urban Prep ...

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.

The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on whether to revoke the charters for two campuses of Urban Prep Academy — an institution lauded for getting all of its seniors into college but ...

The battle over unionization at one of Chicago's most celebrated charters will be key to the future of organizing charter schools in the future. Last Thursday, around 100 teachers, students, parents ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--The Chicago Teachers Union was on strike for a second day Tuesday at Urban Prep Academy Charter Schools. The strike comes after three years of negations and still no deal. One of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Reading the creed is all part of the tradition at Urban Prep. For years, Chicago's only all-male charter school operated by Black educators has been the pride of the city with college ...

Tim King, founder, President and CEO of Urban Prep Academies, joins Justin to talk about his career, the graduation success of the students that attend Urban Prep Academies, the expectations they ...

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Two Urban Prep Academy campuses are set to be taken over by Chicago Public Schools after the Board of Education voted Wednesday not to renew their charters, despite strong objections from the high ...