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Serves students by advancing the role of the arts in K-12 public education. Features partnership information, curriculum examples, participating schools and organizations, special projects and links.
http://www.capeweb.org/
Publication that provides news about the issues affecting Chicago Public Schools.
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/
Seeks to increase the number of students graduating and going on to post-secondary education by effecting positive whole-school, systemic change in Chicago public schools. Resources and learning networks for parents, educators, and students.
http://www.gearupchicago.org/
A venture-capital fund and results-oriented foundation created to increase community investment and act as a catalyst in improving the city's schools.
http://www.cpef.org/
Seeks to enhance teaching and learning in 29 Chicago Public Schools through the use of the Internet and other technologies. Includes overview of initiatives, management and training, and technology expo.
http://cuip.uchicago.edu/
Independent federation of Chicago area organizations that conducts research on the city's public schools, the problems they face, and the mechanisms for improvement. Features impact studies, publications, and contacts.
http://www.consortium-chicago.org/
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) implementation of the federal program created by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which promotes educational choice in a new way, by requiring school systems to offer parents in low-performing schools the opportunity to transfer their children to better-performing schools. Includes affected schools, news and press releases, parent letters, and national site.
http://nclb.cps.k12.il.us/
Serve students who have not met the CPS eighth-grade promotion criteria and are 15 years or older as of December 1st of the subsequent school year. Includes information on class size, programs, calendar, and faculty.
http://www.dorsey.cps.k12.il.us/
A special education high school.
http://www.nlc.cps.k12.il.us/
Association for parents and local school council (LSC) members that seeks to improve the education of public school students. Offers membership program, articles, an events calendar, news, and contact details.
http://www.pureparents.org/
An intensive four-week seminar aimed to help progressive K-12 teachers integrate the use of the Web in the classroom. A project of the Center for School Improvement (CSI) and the Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project (CUIP) in collaboration with the Graham School of General Studies at the University of Chicago.
http://webinstituteforteachers.org/
