Our Stories
The work of the Urban Education Institute improves children’s lives. Read some of the latest research and meet some of the students in the University charter schools and other city schools impacted by UEI’s work, along with the teachers, leaders, and other professionals who are working to improve urban education.

- Read about the new research from the Consortium on Chicago School Research on ACT preparation.
- Read how schools in the Urban School Improvement Network worked together to solve a challenge posed by their small size to offer a summer math camp to accelerate student learning.
- Read how the Urban Teacher Education Program is creating a community of support for its graduates and students at one Chicago school as it builds a national model on how to prepare teachers for success in the nation’s urban classrooms.