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Students stand in front of Walter Payton College Prep

In 2019, students leave Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, one of the city’s 11 test-in high schools.

Marc Monaghan

Change is coming to Chicago’s high-stakes, high-stress high school admissions process

About 26,000 students applied to the city’s eleven selective enrollment high schools last year. Less than five thousand were offered spots. CPS says new changes to the admissions process will promote equity and access.

Reset speaks with the head of High Jump, a non-profit helping talented low-income middle schoolers prepare and apply for high school.

GUEST: Nate Pietrini, executive director of High Jump, former CPS principal and teacher 

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