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Missing School Days Matters - Even in Pre-K
The Consortium's research is cited suggesting that attendance matters, even as early as pre-k.
State sees some progress, but not for poor kids: report
Tim Knowles is quoted on the importance of not getting caught up on short-term indicators at the expense of the bigger picture, as well as keeping kids on-track for graduation.
Chicago Isn't Waiting for Superman
John Dewey Director of UEI Tim Knowles' OpEd on the new problem Chicago Public Schools are facing - not enough chairs for all of the students staying in school! Focusing on 9th grade on-track indicators is an efficient way to keep graduation rates up across the nation.
CPS Graduation Rate Jumps 4% to Record High: Ninth Grade "On-Track" Focus Continues to Drive System-wide Improvements
AUGUST 26, 2014 – The city announced that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) posted a record high graduation rate of 69.4 percent, a 4 percent increase over the previous year and the largest two-year increase in the district's history.
Chicago Public Schools Reports Graduation Rate Up
The Consortium's recent report that 82% of last year's freshmen were on track to graduate is cited as indication that CPS graduation rates will continue to increase over the next years.
Latest high school directory drops letter grades, signaling changes to come
UEI director Tim Knowles weighs in on balancing accuracy with digestibility as New York City makes changes to its school report cards, including adding the on-track measure developed by the Consortium on Chicago School Research.
Editorial: College can start in high school
CPS CEO Barbara Bryd-Bennett cites the city's climbing on-track rate, a measure developed and shown by the Consortium on Chicago School Research to have propelled high school graduation rates in Chicago.
Editorial: Stop Holding Us Back
Robert Balfanz, director of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins, cites the UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research's pioneering work on on-track in an editorial reviewing how we can in fact solve the dropout crisis.
Editorial: Demand excellence of every city school
Mayor Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett cite the UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research's new report on the impact of focusing on ninth-grade on-track.
CPS Kids "On-Track" to Graduate
As rates of CPS students on-track to graduate reach all-time highs, UEI director Tim Knowles discusses how UChicago CCSR's research and the focused work of CPS teachers and school leaders helped move an entire system.
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