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The work of the Urban Education Institute (UEI) is often featured in the news. Here is a sampling.

 

NATO, protests getting attention in Chicago-area classrooms

May 16, 2012
Chicago Tribune

State Department staff will visit UChicago Charter School Woodlawn Campus to discuss NATO as the summit and protests against it unfold in Chicago. 

Musical Experience Leaves Lasting Impact on Students, Teachers

May 15, 2012
NBC Chicago

A segment of University of Chicago Charter School Woodlawn Campus's production of Fame Jr! UEI's Woodlawn Campus is the only school in Midwest chosen to work with NBC Smash: Make A Musical! Don't miss the premiere on June 1!

Teachers honored with Golden Apples

May 10, 2012
WBEZ

An Urban Teacher Education Program mentor teacher and an AUSL alum are two of three CPS teachers to receive the prestigious Golden Apple Award.

Quinn Surprises Golden Apple Award Winner At Murray Language Academy

May 9, 2012
CBS Chicago

Elizabeth Luna, a CPS teacher and a mentor teacher with UEI's Urban Teacher Education Program, receives the prestigious Golden Apple Award.

Governor Quinn Surprises Outstanding Teacher with Golden Apple Award

May 9, 2012
Illinois Government News Network

Governor Quinn surprises Elizabeth Luna, outstanding CPS teacher and a UTEP mentor teacher, with the prestigious Golden Apple Award. 

In Yo-Yo Ma, Woodlawn school finds its master of ceremonies

May 8, 2012
The Chicago Maroon

Yo-Yo Ma is guest at the UChicago Charter School Woodlawn Campus's spring concert: Intersections, a showcase of art, dance, poetry, and music in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Comstock Public Schools staff working hard to turn around a struggling district, but will it be enough?

May 6, 2012
Kalamazoo News

As Michigan's Comstock Public Schools struggles to turn the district around, UEI director Tim Knowles comments on the hardest challenge of the profession. 

Brooklyn Center tots will get a boost with grant for preschool program

April 28, 2012
Star Tribune

Staff development by the Urban Education Institute is one of several components in a three-year McKnight Foundation grant program in order to improve student literacy starting in preschool.

Chicago's middle class not interested in 'hidden gem' high schools

April 25, 2012
WBEZ

University of Chicago researcher Melissa Roderick discusses the potential of Chicago's neighborhood IB programs, and why more attention should be paid to them.

Retain kids only as a last resort

April 22, 2012
pal-item.com

The University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research reveals the negative developmental consequences that result from retaining children back a grade.

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