6to16
New Initiative in 34 CPS Middle Schools Aims to Increase Students’ Likelihood of Future Success
For Immediate Release
Contact: John Gasko, CEO, UChicago Impact
jgasko@uchicago.edu | 773-834-0096w | 512-203-5841c
Mayor’s Press Office
Carter G. Woodson Campus in Top 17 Schools in District for Selective Enrollment High School Acceptances
Of the 443 district or charter schools that had at least one student selected for selective enrollment high schools, only 16 equaled or surpassed the University of Chicago Charter School Carter G. Woodson Campus for number of students accepted. Of those 16, only 2 were not selective enrollment or magnet schools.
College prep starts early in UEI program
Twenty-five eighth-graders stood in a circle at the Woodlawn campus of the University of Chicago Charter School, tossing a ball of pale-blue knitter’s yarn to each other as they traced
Will a college savings account inspire college attendance?
UEI’s college readiness curriculum, 6to16, is mentioned in article on KIPP’s work to increase college savings and literacy.
Use of 6to16 College Readiness Curriculum and Online Tool Expanding in Fall 2011
Pritzker Foundation Gift to Support the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
The work of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute will receive significant support, thanks to a $2.5 million commitment from the Pritzker Family Foundation.