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Payton Community Stands with its Teachers
CPS’S letter home to parents last night did not seem to disrupt the nearly 200 pre-planned walk-in across Chicago today. While the letter’s language labeled these walk-ins as “civil disobediences,” it did not stop over one…
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Eighth Graders: So You’re Into Payton — Now What?
Dear Admitted Payton Student, I totally get it. In fact, every one of the 888 current Payton students know what it’s like to be in your very position as an 8th grade Chicagoan applying…
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On being white and attending Payton People of Color
I am a white woman, and I enjoy attending Payton People of Color (PPoC). This should not be laudable nor condemnable, although it might be perceived as both. According to its description on Selenium,…
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Falling short in the classroom
As now widely reported, Chicago Public Schools has gone through with mid-year layoffs due to the district facing a hundred million dollar budget deficit. With the anticipation earlier this year being 5,000 layoffs…
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Things Payton Students Should Know Before the Primary
A lot has happened in the world of politics since the Iowa Caucuses in early February. In Iowa, Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in the Democratic caucus while Ted Cruz took the lead…
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Payton Freshmen: Be More Than an 896
The success around Payton continues to glorify the numerical and statistical achievement of its students. The admitted class of 2020 has yielded an entrance exam score of 896 – a…
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Generation All Initiative Seeks to Improve Neighborhood HS
While Generation All – The Chicago Community Trust initiative- may be a newer initiative that launched in 2014, the disparity between high school choices for Chicago students has hindered the city for more than…
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The Real Cost of Averted CPS Crises
In recent years, the Chicago Public Schools have teetered on the brink of severe teacher layoffs, devastating budget cuts, and disruptive strikes — pawns in a three-way tug-of-war between CPS, the Chicago Teachers Union, and…
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Republican panel discusses identity, belonging with PALs
In the first meeting of its kind, representatives from Young Conservatives club were invited to speak to the Payton Advisory Leaders (PALs) during a seminar meeting on March 30 to discuss the Republican identity…
