CHICAGO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE:

CHARTER SCHOOLS MAKE UP 9 of top 10 non-selective High schoolsCHICAGO – The Illinois Network of Charter Schools (www.incschools.org) is thrilled to announce that Chicago charter schools continue to lead the way in preparing students for college.   The Chicago Public Schools recently released scores for the 2011 administration of the ACT, the principal college admissions exam in Illinois, and the results for charter schools were outstanding:  9 of the top 10 performing open enrollment high schools in Chicago are now charter schools.  Though public charter schools educate 12% of the public