Students stand on steps of Hancock College Prep
Students gather on the steps of Hancock College Prep, a high school converted into a selective enrollment school in 2015. Hancock is the most recently established school of its kind, but the history of selective enrollment schools spans back to the 1950s. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times
Students stand on steps of Hancock College Prep

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How Chicago’s selective enrollment schools came to be

Selective enrollment schools have roots in integration efforts — and the space race.

Students gather on the steps of Hancock College Prep, a high school converted into a selective enrollment school in 2015. Hancock is the most recently established school of its kind, but the history of selective enrollment schools spans back to the 1950s. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times
By Max Lubbers

Chicago’s school board recently voted to prioritize neighborhood schools and de-emphasize selective enrollment schools, but board members are not ending school choice.

Reset dives into the history of how selective schools came to be — from the space race to integration efforts.

GUEST: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter

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Students stand on steps of Hancock College Prep
Students gather on the steps of Hancock College Prep, a high school converted into a selective enrollment school in 2015. Hancock is the most recently established school of its kind, but the history of selective enrollment schools spans back to the 1950s. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times
Students stand on steps of Hancock College Prep

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

How Chicago’s selective enrollment schools came to be

Selective enrollment schools have roots in integration efforts — and the space race.

Students gather on the steps of Hancock College Prep, a high school converted into a selective enrollment school in 2015. Hancock is the most recently established school of its kind, but the history of selective enrollment schools spans back to the 1950s. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times
By Max Lubbers

Chicago’s school board recently voted to prioritize neighborhood schools and de-emphasize selective enrollment schools, but board members are not ending school choice.

Reset dives into the history of how selective schools came to be — from the space race to integration efforts.

GUEST: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons