CPS' billion-dollar budget hole leaves unappealing options
Article cites Tim Knowles, chairman of UEI, who says suggestion that CPS file for bankruptcy is an attempt to change behavior of teachers’ union, school district leaders
Rahm Emanuel and the Tale of Two Cities
Timothy Knowles, chairman of the Urban Education Institute, says the only way to ‘create a more equitable set of conditions’ for minority students is a higher rate of graduation
National Journal
Rahm Emanuel and the Tale of Two Cities
Timothy Knowles, chairman of the Urban Education Institute, says the only way to ‘create a more equitable set of conditions’ for minority students is a higher rate of graduation
National Journal
University of Chicago is opening new labs to help solve urban problems
Audio: Prof. Timothy Knowles discusses UChicago Urban Labs initiative, which aims to use evidence-based policies to address worldwide challenges
Education at heart of Chicago mayor's race
Prof. Charles Lipson and Timothy Knowles, director of Urban Education Institute, comment positively on Rahm Emanuel's term
Politico
State sees some progress for students, but not poor kids: report
UEI Director Timothy Knowles says Chicago Public Schools' growth is due to more stability among individual school communities
Pushing Chicago's graduation rates to new heights
Urban Education Institute Dir. Timothy Knowles comments on success of Consortium on Chicago School Research in pushing CPS graduation rates up an unprecedented 25 percent