Kate N. Grossman

Kate Grossman is a freelance education and urban-affairs reporter and a director at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

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Reviving a Hollowed-Out High School

Thanks to Chicago’s school-choice system, many local campuses are struggling to survive, burdened with too few students, poor funding, and bad reputations.
- Kate N. Grossman
- April 8, 2016
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What Schools Will Do to Keep Students on Track

Chicago has seen a double-digit increase in the percentage of kids graduating from high school. Skeptics say educators and kids are manipulating the numbers—but does that even matter?
- Kate N. Grossman
- July 6, 2015