This major city knows the secret to improving student performance

E-School News - Laura Ascione "A focus on high-quality principals [...]

January 19th, 2018|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Principal, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Students thrive on Mandarin learning at Chicago’s top high school

Xinhua - Miao Zhuang and Xia Lin "Upper schoolers at [...]

August 8th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Illinois, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Illinois schools experiment with competency-based education model

Education Dive - Autumn A. Arnett "Competency-based education is seeing [...]

April 5th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Competency-based Education, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Want to Fix Schools? Go to the Principal’s Office

The New York Times - David Leonhardt "Gregory Jones, the [...]

March 12th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Principal, School, School Accountability, School culture, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Arne Duncan Says STEM Programs Could Be Game-Changer For Chicago

CBS Chicago - Staff Writer "One way to stem Chicago [...]

February 18th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Foreign language in elementary school: more talk, less grammar

The Chicago Tribune Kimberly Fornek "In language classes in area [...]

January 24th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, Foreign Language, Grammar, Illinois, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Toymakers want to bring STEM to playtime, filling gaps from schools

The Chicago Tribune - Cheryl V. Jackson "The toy industry [...]

December 1st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, School Accountability, STEM, Teacher, Toys, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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This tech academy is using project-based learning to close the STEM gap

E-School News - Laura Devaney "Across the country, more and [...]

October 13th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, School, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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5 States in Crisis: Budget Battles, Court Challenges, Political Bickering Leave Schools Millions Short

The 74 Million - Carolyn Phenicie "Chicago Schools are laying [...]

August 15th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Illinois, Kansas, Learning, News, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Feature: Chinese language learning open doors for American students

Xinhua Net - Li Ming and Xu Jing "When Fuschi [...]

May 1st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Illinois, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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