Preparing teachers, researchers, principals, superintendents and community leaders to strengthen urban neighborhoods in Chicago and across the nation

  • 1in 7 CPS students engaged with a College of Education-prepared teacher.

  • 1in 11 CPS students learning at a school led by a College of Education-prepared principal.

  • $10million in new research and outreach funding in 2017-18.

News Highlights

CPS Chief Janice Jackson on UIC: ‘I made the right choice’
Monday, November 19, 2018
Janice Jackson has been involved in the Chicago Public Schools her entire life. She was a CPS student from Head Start, an early education program for low-income families, through 12th grade, then began…
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Teacher Amani Ghusein stands with two students who are practicing a science experiment, throwing a cotton ball to test reflexes.

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