literacy
Editorial: How Public Schools Can Fight Back Against Inequality
The Atlantic
Richard Murnane and Greg Duncan highlight the success of the UChicago Charter NKO Campus, a featured model for improvement in their new book Restoring Opportunity.
Reading woes
Catalyst Chicago
UChicago CCSR's Elaine Allensworth comments as educators struggle with adolescent literacy, discussing findings that showed few results to double-dose English.
Boosting basic literacy
Catalyst Chicago
UChicago CCSR's data on adolescent literacy reflects the difficulty of boosting reading skills for high school students years below grade level.
Two Minn. school districts awarded literacy grants
Minnesota Public Radio
The McKnight Foundation has awarded $6 million in grants to two Minnesota school districts working with UEI consultants on improving literacy.