Afternoon Briefing: Chicago Public Schools touts ‘historic’ graduation rate

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At a school once slated for closure, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Mayor Brandon Johnson joined Chicago Public Schools officials Tuesday to celebrate the highest graduation rate announced by the district to date.

With 84% of CPS students graduating in 2023, up from 82% the prior year, CPS is “raising the bar for education,” said Cardona, who spoke via video to the crowd of educators and students gathered at Dyett High School for the Arts in the Washington Park neighborhood.

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