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

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

African American

Female Male

Latino White/Other

Female Male Female Male

The Six to 100 Problem

The Urban Education Institute

Urban Education Institute Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR)

Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP)

University of Chicago Charter School (UCCS)

Tools for Schools

Evidence

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

District-Level Evidence

CPS adds on-track to HS accountability

CCSR publishes report using on-track

CCSR publishes school-by-schoolreports

CCSR publishes report detailing on-track indicator

CCSR publishes “What Matters”

CPS pilots freshmen interventions

CPS implements early warning system

Indicator Development

School-Level Evidence:Essential Supports for School Improvement

Effective Teacher Training,Support and Supervision

50% of urban teachers leavethe profession within 5 years

We currently have a broken system for preparing, supporting, and rewarding teachers.

The Typical Pathway to Teaching

The Vast Majority of Teachers Rated Excellent or Superior

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

Models of Excellent Schooling

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

Black-White Achievement Gap for NKO3rd Grade Meets & Exceeds for Reading

High School Graduation Rates

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