[At mayors conference, all eyes on Rahm Emanuel]Jermiya Mitchell is a rising senior at Morgan Park High School. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens to students talks about their high school experiences at Senn High School. “You should just get a diploma for what you do in high school,” said Zahria Parks, another student at the school. One low-performing neighborhood school reopened in 2013 as Crane Medical Preparatory High School, a magnet school focused on preparing students for jobs in health-care industries. “There’s a big group in there who aren’t doing a whole lot after they leave high school,” she said.

Source: Washington Post July 04, 2017 00:11 UTC