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improving urban schooling – the promise and peril

improving urban schooling – the promise and peril. Promise The Higher Your Educational Attainment, the More Likely You Are to: Live Be employed Stay out of prison Earn higher income Vote Exercise Volunteer Give blood Have children with higher educational attainment.

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improving urban schooling – the promise and peril

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  1. improving urban schooling – the promise and peril

  2. Promise • The Higher Your Educational Attainment, • the More Likely You Are to: • Live • Be employed • Stay out of prison • Earn higher income • Vote • Exercise • Volunteer • Give blood • Have children with higher educational attainment

  3. The Six to 100 Problem African American Latino White/Other Of 100 13 year olds, how many…. Graduate high school by age 19 Enter a four-year college within one year after high school Graduate from a four-year college within six years (by age 24 or 25) Total Female Male Female Male Female Male .

  4. The Urban Education Institute

  5. Urban Education Institute • Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) • Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) • University of Chicago Charter School (UCCS) • Tools for Schools

  6. Evidence

  7. Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) • Inform policy, practice, public • Influence Chicago reform for 20 years • Use variety of formats and forums • High technical quality but accessible • Inspire creation of other consortia • Create indicators—influencing CPS, state and federal policy

  8. District-Level Evidence Indicator Development Percent of freshmen on-track to graduate CPS adds on-track to HS accountability CPS pilots freshmen interventions CPS implements early warning system CCSR publishes school-by-schoolreports CCSR publishes report using on-track CCSR publishes report detailing on-track indicator CCSR publishes “What Matters”

  9. School-Level Evidence:Essential Supports for School Improvement

  10. Effective Teacher Training, Support and Supervision

  11. 50% of urban teachers leave the profession within 5 years

  12. We currently have a broken system for preparing, supporting, and rewarding teachers. The Typical Pathway to Teaching

  13. The Vast Majority of Teachers Rated Excellent or Superior

  14. Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) • Training and retaining urban teachers • Extended residency • In-classroom coaching support UEI • 95% retention rate in last 6 years • Secondary program (2009–10) • Shared instructional model with UCCS • Training/placing in schools with shared instructional model

  15. Models of Excellent Schooling

  16. University of Chicago Charter School (UCCS) • Creating reliably excellent schools • Shared conception of strong instruction • Diagnostics/targeted intervention • Expanded instructional time • PreK-12th grade pathway • Training, support, incentives for teachers • Engagement of family and community

  17. Black-White Achievement Gap for NKO 3rd Grade Meets & Exceeds for Reading

  18. High School Graduation Rates

  19. Committee on Education • Locus of scholarship in education • Diverse disciplinary perspectives • Fosters excellent scholarship in education • Interchange across disciplines • Interplay between researchers and practitioners • Faculty deeply involved in work throughout UEI

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