1. improving urban schooling – the promise and peril

2. 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

4. . 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 LatinoWhite/Other Female Male The Six to 100 Problem

5. The Urban Education Institute

6.  Urban Education Institute  Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR)  Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP)  University of Chicago Charter School (UCCS)  Tools for Schools

7. Evidence

8. 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

9. District-Level Evidence CPS adds on-track to HS accountability CCSR publishes report using on-track CCSR publishes school-by-school reports Percent of freshmen on-track to graduate CCSR publishes report detailing on-track indicator CCSR publishes “What Matters” CPS pilots freshmen interventions CPS implements early warning system Indicator Development

10. School-Level Evidence:Essential Supports for School Improvement

11. Effective Teacher Training, Support and Supervision

12. 50% of urban teachers leave the profession within 5 years

13. We currently have a broken system for preparing, supporting, and rewarding teachers. The Typical Pathway to Teaching

14. The Vast Majority of Teachers Rated Excellent or Superior

15. 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

16. Models of Excellent Schooling

17. University of Chicago Charter School (UCCS) Creating reliably excellent schools  Shared conception of strong instruction  Diagnostics/targeted intervention  Expanded instructional time  PreK-12 th grade pathway  Training, support, incentives for teachers  Engagement of family and community

18. Black-White Achievement Gap for NKO 3 rd Grade Meets & Exceeds for Reading

19. High School Graduation Rates

20. 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