ExtraOrdinary Districts: Chicago Part 2 – Stumbling Toward Some Answers

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EdTrust–West is committed to dismantling the racial and economic barriers embedded in the California education system. Through our research and advocacy, EdTrust-West engages diverse communities dedicated to education equity and justice and increases political and public will to build an education system where students of color and multilingual learners, especially those experiencing poverty, will thrive.

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The Education Trust team in Massachusetts convenes and supports the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership (MEEP), a collective effort of more than 20 social justice, civil rights and education organizations from across the Commonwealth working together to promote educational equity for historically underserved students in our state’s schools.

How would Chicago school district know what worked and what didn’t? With foundation help, the University of Chicago launched the Consortium on School Research, where research superstars spent years studying what was going on in Chicago schools. At the same time, Chicago foundations, nonprofits organizations, and educators focused enormous attention on improving the teaching force. Little by little, they all came to the conclusion that unless principals were prepared to lead improvement, all other improvement efforts were futile. So Chicago adopted as its primary improvement strategy the recruitment, development, and support of school leaders and has one of the nation’s model principal preparation programs, Urban Education Leadership at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Listen to Part 1 & 3 of our Chicago Episode

EdTrust · Episode 4: The Work of a Generation, Part 3: On the Ground

ExtraOrdinary Districts was made possible with a grant from The Wallace Foundation, which fosters improvements in learning and enrichment for children from low-income families and encourages efforts to improve the recruitment, training, and support of school leaders.

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ExtraOrdinary Districts: Chicago Part 2 – Stumbling Toward Some Answers