Lauded all-boys charter school faces Chicago Public Schools takeover – WBEZ (Chicago)

Urban Prep is the city’s only all-male charter school operator, once celebrated nationally for getting all its seniors into college year after year. But CPS laid out an extensive case against Urban Prep in a board report Monday: only one-third of teachers are certified; a failure to provide special education services for disabled students; financial turmoil and mismanagement, among other offenses.