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CPS expands math, sports mentoring program for troubled teens
UEI director Tim Knowles comments as $10 million in new federal funds will help support UEI's large-scale study of the BAM mentoring and Match tutoring companion programs.
Chicago gets $10M in grants for at-risk youth
$10 million in new federal funding will help expand companion mentoring and tutoring programs studied by the Urban Education Lab and Crime Lab.
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.
CPS implementing `five essentials` to create better schools, seeing results
UEI director Tim Knowles discusses the critical 5Essentials research and survey tool that CPS has been taking to heart for deep school improvement.
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.
New $60 Million Chicago High School Will Be Named After Obama
Mayor Emanuel cites new UChicago CCSR findings showing CPS's focus on the Consortium-developed freshman on-track indicator helped trigger districtwide climbs in graduation rates.
Editorial: Why half of urban kids drop out
Jonathan Guryan and Jens Ludwig, co-directors of the Urban Education Lab, discuss UEL's research on effective interventions for Chicago students at-risk of dropping out.
New Orleans goes all in on charter schools. Is it showing the way?
UEI director Tim Knowles comments on regulating school quality as New Orleans considers promising gains and continuing concerns of its majority charter school-system.
President Obama to launch major new effort to help young minority men
Roseanna Ander comments as President Obama launches a new initiative for young minority men; UEI is working to expand the highly successful BAM/Match mentoring programs in Chicago.
Chatham twins receive full-ride scholarships to UChicago
UChicago Charter Woodlawn seniors and twin sisters Aliyah and Olivia Singleton learned they were admitted to the University of Chicago with full scholarship support.
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