Unpacking Chicago’s Educational Gains: Lessons in Scaling

Amidst a lot of dreary education news, a quietly released study from last fall revealed a surprising bright spot: From 2009 to 2014, Chicago public school students, on average, learned more between third and eighth grade than did their peers across the United States.

Both The New York Times and Mother Jones have noted the rapid progress underway in Chicago, but reporters and researchers have yet to uncover what has propelled this breakthrough. Still, the Chicago experience is unique in a few important ways. Over the past three decades, the district has invested heavily in principals, has built strong systems to enable data-driven decisionmaking, and has maintained strong public oversight as well as robust civic engagement with respect to public education.

Join the Center for American Progress and The Education Trust as we explore what happened in Chicago with some of the women who are leading groundbreaking partnerships across the city’s institutions.

Friday, April 13, 2018
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET

A light breakfast will be served at 10:00 a.m.

Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.

Closed-captioned-enabled video will be posted following the conclusion of the event.
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