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Research Examines How Teachers Self-Evaluate

Student Marcine Adams' research is looking at teachers' missed opportunities for digging deeper and creating crucial connections with students.

Teacher Eugene Robinson talks one-on-one with a Black male student at CPS Bowen High School, in the school's library.

Building Future Black Teachers

A summer program is recruiting future Black teachers through an introduction to the teaching profession for Black teens in Chicago.

Two Black girls work on a science experiment, removing liquid from a vial and transferring it to a beaker.

Science Identity Development for Black Students

Professors Maria Varelas and Danny Martin are investigating how Black students develop identities as mathematics and science learners and how teachers foster positive identity development.

Empathy from White Teachers to Black Students

Alumnus Chezare Warren investigated how a mostly White and female national teacher body can connect with African American male students in urban school districts.

Genetics of Language Development

PhD Literacy, Language and Culture student Debra Landay is investigating why diagnosis of the genetic condition known as Fragile X Syndrome, causing intellectual disabilities, is often delayed.

A closed CPS school has its windows and doors boarded up with plywood.

School Closure Data Revised by Professors

Professors Federico Waitoller and Joshua Radinsky used spatial mapping to drastically revise upward CPS' count of the number of children affected by school closings.

Poverty's Growing Role in Suburban Schools

Alumna Aisha El-Amin is addressing the needs of growing low-income populations in Sauk Village through a community fest connecting parents with crucial resources.

Secondary Transition for Latino SPED Students

Joanna Keel, a PhD Special Education student, is interested in exploring secondary transitions for 12th-grade Latino students with high-incidence disabilities.

Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Courses

Alumni Michael Manderino's research examines how students synthesize and make sense of multiple texts in social studies and history classes.