University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program
Charter schools subject of Urban Education Institute talk
UEI hosted Harvard economist Dr. Richard Murnane at a talk for his new book "Restoring Opportunity," featuring the UChicago Charter NKO Campus as a scalable solution for excellent schooling.
Urban Education Institute appoints prominent Chicago educator William Olsen to advance exemplary practice in urban schooling
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Journal: Unpacking the “Urban” in Urban Teacher Education: Making a Case for Context-Specific Preparation
UChicago UTEP director Kavita Kapadia Matsko co-authors a paper examining the “context-specific” approach of the University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program.
The New York Times Editorial Board Cites 100Kin10 as "Most Important Effort" in STEM Teacher Preparation
A New York Times editorial cites 100Kin10 as a key effort in STEM teacher preparation; UChicago UTEP is part of the national commitment to prepare 10,000 exemplary STEM educators in the next decade.
Editorial: Who Says Math Has to Be Boring?
An editorial on improving STEM education cites the University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program's commitment to prepare 500 new exemplary STEM teachers for Chicago as part of the 100Kin10 initiative.
Editorial: How not to judge teacher education
UChicago UTEP's Kavita Kapadia Matsko and Marv Hoffman analyze the flaws of NCTQ's system, envisioning instead a truly transformative review of teacher education.
Editorial: What keeps good teachers teaching?
An editorial features the University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program, highlighting what can be learned from UChicago UTEP's consistently successful model of teacher education.
STEMpath Bio: Douglas O'Roark
UChicago UTEP secondary program director Douglas O'Roark describes his path from studying engineering at MIT to becoming an urban educator in and for Chicago Public Schools.
The University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program: Statement Regarding NCTQ Ratings
The University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program, along with teacher preparation programs from across the state of Illinois and the nation, declined to participate in the recent National Council of Teacher Quality/U.S. News and World Report review of university-based teacher preparation. UChicago UTEP’s central reason for declining to participate is our view that the NCTQ review process—based primarily on any participating or non-participating program’s available course syllabi—relies on partial, decontextualized information to make judgments about teacher preparation programs that have little to no bearing on the quality of the teachers these programs develop. Read the full statement >>
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