Can Inner-City Prep School Succeed? Answer Is Yes

This charter school has a mission of getting all their students into college. 80% are low-income and 96% are Hispanic or African-American and they are succeeding. Read all about these kids. - - Donna Poisl

by MONICA RHOR

HOUSTON (AP) It was Deadline Day at YES Prep North Central, the day college applications were supposed to be finished, the day essays, personal statements and a seemingly endless series of forms needed to be slipped into white envelopes, ready for submission.

The day the school's first graduating class would take one leap closer to college.
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