Kenneth Green knew he wanted to send his daughter to a magnet school, Chicago's oldest schools of choice. He spent hours enveloped in research and touring campuses, trying to find the right combination of high academic expectations and a diverse racial mix.
He found what he wanted in Franklin Fine Arts Academy on the Near North Side. "I liked the feel of the building, the fact it was set back from the street and that it was a small school," Green...
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