Ninth-grade teacher Elizabeth Metts was surprised with the Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 prize during a school assembly ...

History teacher Elizabeth Metts received the Milken Educator of the Year Award during a surprise ceremony at Excel Academy ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Imagine the feeling of setting a goal you thought was unrealistic – only to achieve it despite huge odds. Dozens of grads at the Excel Academy schools did just that. CBS 2's Steven ...

WASHINGTON — As students in D.C. began a new school year Monday morning, students from the first all-girls school under D.C. Public Schools received a special welcome back to school. “Today I am proud ...

Northwood residents voted unanimously last night to back up a decision made by the Northwood Civic Association to allow a new school on the property of Friends Hospital. Civic Association President ...

Excel Academy contains 4 schools and 234 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 90%. Also, 75.2% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by Excel ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When the young women at Excel Academy Englewood encounter challenges in the future following their passion, they're going to remember the women's empowerment brunch at their school.

After a school year plagued with budget problems, declining enrollment, school closures and an unprecedented level of gun violence in Baltimore City last year, Mayor Catherine Pugh joined Baltimore ...