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 ...

An Illinois appellate court decided June 23 that Urban Prep Academies would be allowed to remain open while a lawsuit challenging the charter school’s closure is pending in Cook County Circuit Court.

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 ...

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) -- 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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Urban Prep Academy in Chicago appealed to the State Board of Education to keep its charter school agreement for its remaining campuses in Englewood and Bronzeville, to keep control of ...

CHICAGO — For over a decade, Chicago mayors made it a point to attend college signing and graduation ceremonies for students of Urban Prep Academies. The charter school network boasts that 100% of its ...

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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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