Urban Education Institute

Urban Education Institute and McKnight Foundation establish partnership to improve early childhood literacy

Urban Education Institute and McKnight Foundation establish partnership to improve early childhood literacy

Pritzker Family Foundation makes $2.5 million donation

Pritzker Family Foundation makes $2.5 million donation

Giift will further Urban Education Institute's mission of building better schools


Pritzker Foundation gift to support the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute

Pritzker Foundation gift to support the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute

Knowles to receive Alumni Council Award from Harvard Graduate School of Education

Knowles to receive Alumni Council Award from Harvard Graduate School of Education

Strong relationships make students and teachers feel safer in schools, study finds

Strong relationships make students and teachers feel safer in schools, study finds

Emanuel’s CPS: The right team at the right time

Emanuel’s CPS: The right team at the right time

UEI Dir. Timothy Knowles writes Mayor Emanuel's education team provides reason for optimism


Emanuel names transition teams

Emanuel names transition teams

Timothy Knowles, director of the Urban Education Institute, tabbed by Chicago mayor-elect


NBC-5 Chicago

UEI’s Consortium on Chicago School Research to share methods of conducting capacity–building research in urban schools

UEI’s Consortium on Chicago School Research to share methods of conducting capacity–building research in urban schools

Payne to serve as interim Chief Education Officer for Chicago Public Schools

Payne to serve as interim Chief Education Officer for Chicago Public Schools

College prep starts early in UEI program

College prep starts early in UEI program

Twenty-five eighth-graders stood in a circle at the Woodlawn campus of the University of Chicago Charter School, tossing a ball of pale-blue knitter’s yarn to each other as they traced their own social network.


William Harms