University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research
Year later, much has been learned about school closings
UEI director Tim Knowles weighs in as the Consortium on Chicago School Research embarks on a follow-up study of the impact of CPS's closing of 50 schools in 2013.
Slowing the revolving door
A piece on the problem of high teacher turnover cites findings from the UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research showing turnover is highest in schools with the severest poverty.
Editorial: To solve truancy and absenteeism, put aldermen in charge of community outreach
A guest editorial cites the UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research's study on the factors behind early truancy and the importance of preschool attendance.
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.
Closer look: CPS graduation projections look better than ever
A closer look at Hancock, one of 20 schools studied in the new UChicago CCSR report showing a focus on ninth-grade yielded dramatic results, illustrates how CPS is achieving all-time highs for students on-track to graduate high school.
Editorial: Chicago’s graduation rates at new heights
UEI director Tim Knowles lays out how UChicago CCSR's freshman on-track indicator triggered a system-wide shift in graduation rates, urging other cities to learn from Chicago's example turning research into practice.
Editorial: How to improve graduation rates
An editorial reviews UChicago CCSR's new study showing 20 schools that focused on improving freshman on-track dramatically improved graduation rates, affirming that how a school organizes itself can make a huge difference.
Keeping ninth-graders ‘on track’ raises graduation rate: U. of C. study
UChicago CCSR director Elaine Allensworth comments as new research shows 20 schools that focused their efforts around the Consortium-developed freshmen on-track indicator saw dramatic improvements in graduation rates.
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