Articles

Here are some articles and reports related to college awareness in the Chicago Public Schools:

Articles about Alumni for Public Schools:

• Princeton Alumni Help Roosevelt Students Through APS
  Education Beat for Albany Park/North Park, Fall 2008 - by Bill Healy
  
  
• Alumni partner with public education in Chicago
  The Venture Catalyst, May 2007 - by Adam Arents
  
  
• At Chicago schools, alums get their hands dirty
  The Daily Princetonian, November 6, 2006 - by Reilly Kiernan
  
  
• Eli-mentary School
  Yale Daily News, November 15, 2005 - by Jessica Tanenbaum
  
  

Articles about college awareness in Chicago Public Schools:

• From High School to the Future: A first look at Chicago Public School graduates’ college enrollment, college preparation, and graduation from four-year colleges
  
Consortium on Chicago School Research, April 2006 - by Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka and Elaine Allensworth


• Strong Relationship with an Adult in High School Can Help Propel African American Students to College
  ACT, Inc., January 31, 2003
  
  

Expired articles where Alumni for Public Schools or college awareness in Chicago Public Schools were once featured

• University alums offer schools a hand
  Chicago Sun-Times, November 2, 2006 - by Rosalind Rossi
  
  
• Roosevelt High gets pitch from Princeton
  Chicago Sun-Times, March 7, 2002 - by Ana Mendieta
• One classroom, many classes
  Chicago Sun-Times, July 21, 2006 - by Kate N. Grossman
  
  
• College is a Realistic Goal for Many CPS Students
  Chicago Tribune, May 2, 2006 - by Brian Spittle
  
  
• 6.5% of CPS freshmen finish college
  Chicago Sun-Times, April 26, 2006 - by Rosalind Rossi
  
  
• Group helps kids see college in future
  Chicago Sun-Times, February 3, 2006 - by Wendy Jones
  
  
• Teach low-income students they can make college work
  Chicago Sun-Times, January 21, 2006 - by Esther J. Cepeda
  
  

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