We support UIC's EdD program, find the best ways to put great leaders in all schools, and share what we find with the public.
The Center for Urban Education is a university-based nonprofit that supports the work of the EdD program at UIC's College of Education.
02/15/2018
Episode 3: Districts and Universities Work Together to Improve Preparation Your source for research and ideas to expand high quality learning and enrichment opportunities. Supporting: School Leadership, After School, Summer and Extended Learning Time, Arts Education and Building Audiences for the Arts.
11/02/2017
CUEL Leadership Coach & Assessment Specialist Paul Zavitkovsky highlighted increases in CPS student achievement at "What's Driving Chicago's Educational Progress," a forum sponsored by the Joyce and Spencer Foundations.
03/31/2017
"Chicago has perhaps the most sophisticated and knowledgeable researchers around, working to provide schools and the district with important information that helps guide action. The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Center for Urban Education Leadership has focused on providing Chicago with principals who understand how to improve schools...Nowhere else have university professors and public school educators worked so closely and to such good effect."
Schools Can Get Better. They Can Also Get Worse. In 1987 then-U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett flew to Chicago and pronounced its schools “the worst in the nation.” “I’m not sure there’...
09/04/2015
UIC principal launches endowment to expand urban student access to match colleges.
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06/29/2015
Intro to Teaching Workshop for Black Male Teens The UIC College of Education is working urgently with a clear endgame in mind: we are committed to launching the Next Generation of African American Male Educators, specifically Professors (NGAAME-P).
04/17/2015
UIC's EdD program in Urban Education Leadership is featured in today's NY Times as an exemplar for quality principal preparation.
Want Reform? Principals Matter, Too Teachers can’t do it all. The question of who leads a school is crucial.
Why all this attention to Illinois school leader preparation? http://urbanedleadership.org/about-us/news/why-all-this-attention-to-illinois-school-leader-preparation
06/23/2014
"The first step to learning is showing up" - Rita Raichoudhuri
http://urbanedleadership.org/about-us/news/principal-profiles-rita-raichoudhuri/
Center for Urban Education Leadership The Center for Urban Education Leadership researches the best ways to prepare visionary leaders for high-need urban schools, advocates for these models of principal preparation at the local, state and national policy levels and serves as a hub for information dissemination to other researchers and t…
05/28/2014
"The PD that has changed my life as an educator has brought teachers together, to provide intensive, hands-on learning in collaborative environments—and these are the kinds of opportunities we need more of." - Tai Basurto
http://tntp.org/blog/post/my-classroom-not-my-island
My Classroom, Not My Island | TNTP But I?ve also been supported by professional development organizations that have invested in me as a teacher and a learner.
We are proud to announce that one of our students, Larry Irvin, has been named principal at Lincoln High School in Denver, CO! Congratulations, Larry!
05/23/2014
We're proud to see Center for Urban Education Leadership director Steve Tozer, EdD in Nashville addressing the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education on the topic of school principal preparation.
05/20/2014