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Our mission is to provide accessible programming – relevant and distinctive, enriching and engaging – for diverse audiences in Chicago and its communities, and around the country.Our goal is to extend our content by making it accessible on a variety of media platforms – television, radio, print, on…
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At Alain Locke, we believe that, given an excellent education, every child can realize his or her fullest potential. This realization in every student is how we define success. There is nothing more important to us than preparing our children to achieve this success, and not just measured by the st…
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To provide at-risk Kindergarten through 3rd grade children in the Chicagoland area with the key tools required to achieve grade-level reading through music and drama.
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Sought after for his uncanny ability to motivate and capture the attention of his audience, Dwayne Bryant, is one of America's most dynamic motivational speakers. At an early age, Dwayne began to discover the principles of hard work, perseverance, discipline, patience and faith. By applying these p…
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Catalyst Chicago is an independent newsmagazine created in 1990 to document, analyze and support school-improvement efforts in the Chicago Public Schools. It is published by the Community Renewal Society (CRS), a nonprofit organization founded in 1882 that works to create racially and economically …
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These are presented in reverse chronological order. Where available, I have linked to an online copy. Cunningham, Craig A. and Kim Harrison. Forthcoming. The Affordances of Second Life for PreK-12 Education. In Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Moder…
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Established by the Illinois state legislature in 1895 as The Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, CTPF is the administrator of a multi-employer defined benefit public employee retirement system providing retirement, survivor, and disability benefits for certain certified …
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The Inner-City Teaching Corps (ICTC) was founded in 1991 to recruit college graduates to volunteer as teachers in Chicago's high-need classrooms. Born of the leadership of Mr. Patrick G. Ryan, Jr., a former Chicago school teacher, ICTC developed the Alternative Teacher Certification Program in 1998…
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Welcome to the Academy of Scholastic Achievement, Inc., a Youth Connection Charter School campus. At ASA, we realize thousands of Chicago youth are dropping out of high school every year. They're tuning out education and disconnecting from traditional public schools. At ASA, we're reconnecting thos…
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This Report Card is the first full assessment of our educational performance as a state, from birth through higher education. We expect this report to evolve over time, as new data is gathered and more research is done. Our goal is for this report to serve as a platform for a more informed discussi…