Fund II Archived News

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Two Fund Directors Teach in Underserved Schools during Teach For America Week 2008CHICAGO - Two directors from The Chicago Public Education Fund (The Fund), Barbara Malott Kizziah, and Janet Knupp, founding president and CEO, joined more than 150 civic and corporate leaders from across the nation in April in to participate in Teach For America Week 2008. April, 2008
Record Number of Chicago Public School Teachers Honored by MayorCHICAGO - Business and community leaders honored 209 teachers from Chicago Public Schools for achieving National Board Certification (NBC), the highest credential in the teaching profession, during a ceremony attended by more than 1,000 guests on March 4. March 4, 2008
City Posts Record-Number of New ’Master Teachers’208 CPS Teachers Earn National Board Certification, The Profession’s Highest RecognitionCHICAGO - Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Public Schools officials today congratulated the record-setting class of 2007 National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in the school system. December 10, 2007
Teachers eager to get bonus via certificationChicago TribuneMore than two months after Chicago Public Schools teachers approved a new contract that added financial incentives for educators to become nationally certified, a record number of the district's teachers are pursuing the nation's top teaching credential, officials said Monday.
 		November 13, 2007
Record Number of Chicago Teachers Pursue National CertificationDrive to Recruit More Candidates Comes on Heels of Teacher Contract which Boosts Compensation for Teachers Passing Rigorous StandardCHICAGO - A record number of Chicago teachers this year are pursuing National Board Certification, the nation’s highest teaching credential, according to enrollment figures that top a combined 660 in the city’s three preparation programs. November 12, 2007
TFA Teams With Districts to Groom Aspiring Principals Education WeekIf Teach For America has its way, Carolyn M. Eggert will be one in a long line of alumni who move smoothly from the classroom into the principal's office.
 		September 27, 2007
Teach for America, Harvard Graduate School of Education Announce The Principal Leadership PipelineThe Chicago Public Education Fund, Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation Launch Program to Recruit, Train and Place Top Teach for America Alumni in Chicago Public School Principal rolesCHICAGO-Teach for America-Chicago, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced today an innovative collaboration to create a new generation of school leaders for CPS. September 12, 2007
The Chicago Public Education Fund is developing excellent principals and teachers in one of the worst school systems in the country.Michael Leaser - Philanthropy Roundtable Getting a quality education in many inner-city public schools can be a challenging venture at best, but until recently it was a virtual impossibility in the city of Chicago. August 6, 2007
Putting School Leadership to the Test: What it Will Take to Recruit, Develop and Support Principals in IllinoisThe Wallace Foundation and The Chicago Public Education Fund will host a forum to discuss lessons from a new report on leading principal training programs and how they can inform efforts to recruit, develop and support school leaders in Illinois and, specifically, the Chicago Public Schools. May 10, 2007
The Chicago Public Education Fund welcomes State Farm Chairman and CEO, Edward B. Rust, Jr., as newest member of board of directorsThe Chicago Public Education Fund elected State Farm Chairman and CEO, Edward B. Rust, Jr., to its board of directors todaCHICAGO-The Chicago Public Education Fund elected State Farm Chairman and CEO, Edward B. Rust, Jr., to its board of directors today. April 24, 2007
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Results The Fund is Achieving

1,100 Additional minutes of personalized math and reading lessons each CPS student received a month from ALO program

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