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Posts in category "Ed Schools"

If Louisiana-Monroe Can Do This, Why Not Chicago State?

While folks in DC are talking about revamping ed school teacher preparation, and eight states not including IL are moving towards making changes, the University of Louisiana-Monroe has already done it, according to this NPR segment from last night (Improving Lousiana’s schools, starting with teachers): raised admissions standards; made students take more courses in the... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
November 19, 2010 at 3:14 pm
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Your Teacher Training Program Sucks (Probably)

That’s the conclusion of a new report that looked at the curriculum requirements and substance of area teacher preparation programs:  Colleges blasted over teacher preparation; deans blast back Tribune:  The report called out programs for a lack of consistency (aspiring elementary teachers must take anywhere from 27 to 60-plus credit hours depending on where they... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
November 9, 2010 at 7:58 am
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AM News: Will Lunches Really Improve?

Chicago Schools Go for Gold on Lunch Standards WBEZ: CPS is adopting healthier standards for its school meals….CPS pledges to provide healthier cafetaria food Catalyst:  The lunch ladies at Sharon Christa McAuliffe Elementary School handed green plastic trays to officials from the Chicago Public School, the United States Department of Agriculture and members of the... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 8, 2010 at 7:29 am
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Outsiders Limited By New Magnet Proposal

Chicago magnet schools might undergo shake-up TribuneThe number of outside applicants being offered a seat would drop at nearly every Chicago magnet school next year under new admissions criteria to be voted on Wednesday, according to a Tribune analysis. Gunman shot child in head prior to nursery crash: police Sun TimesChicago Public Schools spokeswoman Monique... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
December 14, 2009 at 7:50 am
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"Becoming A Man" - Where It's Been, Where It's Headed

Yesterday’s Tribune featured the rollout of a $1M new effort to implement — and study — a youth violence prevention program called “Becoming A Man.” Has BAM been tried at your school?  Is it heading your way?  What do you think about its chances? Click below for the list of schools that have tried the... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
November 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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Does A "Residency" Year Make A Classroom Difference?

Most people lump alternative certification programs into one big category, but they are not all the same.  One of the programs with a residency component, run by AUSL and National Louis, just got a $3 million grant from the USDE.  This is new for the USDE to award these grants to residency models.  AUSL claims... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
September 30, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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Independence, Impact, & School-Driven Focus

New York’s new “Research Alliance” will resemble Chicago’s Consortium in many ways, but with some key differences, according to the Consortium. They describe the New York effort as a replication, not an exact clone. Both organizations will have broad data sharing privileges, including both public and private information. Of course, New York won’t have data... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
June 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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UIC Gets National Teacher Ed Award

Some of the good folks at UIC’s ed school are probably off in San Diego getting an award from the AACTE (ed school association) for a literacy PD effort called Partnership READ, according to this press release.  Sounds like an ARDDP effort (see explanation here.) Congrats to all involved. ... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
June 10, 2009 at 10:53 am
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Forget Hyde Park -- It's All About UIC

Check out this press release from the UIC which points out that former CPSers Shanahan and Gartzman, among others, played a big role in the test score increases: "University of Illinois at Chicago education experts, working closely with Chicago Public Schools personnel, played a large role in the historic gains in mathematics, science and reading... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
June 10, 2009 at 10:46 am
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