Chicago Public Schools

Could Theaster Gates have a role to play at 50 shuttered CPS schools?

Article speculates on Prof. Theaster Gates’ potential to revitalize closed CPS school buildings


U. of C. report: Broad race-based disparities persist in CPS discipline

UChicago’s Consortium on Chicago School Research releases report on discipline in Chicago Public Schools


Mapping program pushes students to consider neighborhood's potential

Members of UChicago's MAPS Corps program work with high school students to collect data on and better understand Chicago communities


Rahm Emanuel tries to get it right on tumultuous schools, again

Article cites Clinical Prof. Timothy Knowles, UEI chairman, who says the CPS budget woes are ‘the most urgent and threatening storm on the horizon’


Chicago Stories

In op-ed, Sara Ray Stoelinga, director of UEI, discusses issues facing Chicago schools that reflect national debates in education


U.S. News & World Report