Student Success

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Diverse group of resilient CPS graduates in caps and gowns, symbolizing triumph over adversity from ICE and COVID-19 challenges.

CPS graduates show resilience overcoming ICE and COVID challenges

As an honorary student member of the Chicago Board of Education, Destiny Singleton spoke out against Operation Midway Blitz, an ICE action traumatizing students, before graduating and heading to Stanf

Derek Molina·June 14, 2026

Diverse group of recent CPS graduates looking towards a university campus and a foggy, uncertain path, symbolizing college completion challenges.

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CPS grads face COVID, economic hurdles in college completion

While 66% of Chicago Public Schools graduates enroll in college, nearly half will not complete their degree.

Hannah Pierce·June 14, 2026