Cleveland’s MC2STEM High School was once the crown jewel of a failing and nearly bankrupt school district—an “island of excellence,” as officials once crowed, in a system in danger of state takeover.
Launched in 2008, MC2STEM attracted the city’s best students to classrooms in locations ranging from Cleveland’s science museum, the world headquarters of GE Lighting, and at a local community and a commuter college.
The small school with an enrollment of 218 students even caught the eye of former President Barack Obama, who included it in a 2014 slideshow with the caption: “We need more schools like: MC2STEM High School.”
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