Fund II Archived News

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Fund aims to raise $15M for CPSCrain’s Chicago Business One year after finishing a $10-million funding drive to benefit the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Public Education Fund has raised $8 million for a new fund to aid the city school system. Its target is $15 million. April 26, 2004
Civic fund seeking $15 million to boost Chicago public schoolsChicago Tribune staff - chicagotribune.com
CHICAGO—The Chicago Public Education Fund, a group of civic and corporate leaders, launched a $15 million fundraising initiative Thursday to expand its efforts to produce effective principals and teachers for the city's public schools. 		April 30, 2004
Chicago Fund to Raise $15 Million for Leadership Projects Education Week: By Jeff ArcherA Chicago philanthropy that has modeled itself after venture-capital firms has pledged to raise $15 million to strengthen leadership in some of the city’s most challenged schools.
 		May 5, 2004
Wanted: Good teachersChicago Tribune The Chicago Public Schools system has been quietly but steadily doing something about improving teacher quality by increasing the number of teachers who are hired into the system through alternative certification programs. May 26, 2004
100 new schools to be created; charter, small sites envisionedChicago Tribune:
By Ana Beatriz Cholo and Tracy Dell’Angela, Tribune staff reporters. Tribune staff reporter Gary Washburn contributed to this reportAfter a decade of experimenting with charter schools, contract schools and small schools-within-a-school, the Chicago Public Schools system is set to unveil a plan that will combine all those elements in an unprecedented effort to create more than 100 new schools by 2010.
 		June 23, 2004
Coming to Chicago: Independent Sector Annual ConferenceMaking Your Participation Count!
November 7-9, 2004
Fairmont Hotel, ChicagoCHICAGO—The Chicago Public Education Fund joins our area colleagues in welcoming Independent Sector, a national leadership forum for the nonprofit and philanthropic community, to Chicago for the 2004 Independent Sector annual conference.
 		September 21, 2004
Studies show significant learning gains in master teacher-led classroomsNBC teachers improving achievement among younger and low-income students, researchers sayCHICAGO —Students learning from National Board Certified teachers perform better than their classmates, a number of studies this year show.
 		November 2004
Teach For America teachers boost student achievement in math, study says
Corps members outperform novice and veteran colleagues in math; achieve same results in readingCHICAGO —Teach For America corps members generate larger achievement gains than their peers, particularly when it comes to math instruction, according to a new Mathematica Policy Research study sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. 		November 2004
Hyatt Center grand opening raises more than $500,000 for The Chicago Public Education FundCHICAGO—In a celebration that officially opened the doors of the newest hallmark on Chicago’s famed skyline, the Hyatt Center held its grand opening Tuesday, July 19, with a benefit that raised more than $500,000 for The Chicago Public Education Fund, a venture capital fund for public education. July 20, 2005
The Fund earns prestigious award for excellence in communicationsVenture philanthropy takes top honors in divisionCHICAGO—The Chicago Public Education Fund won the Gold Award for Excellence in Communications from the Council on Foundations today for its 2003 Annual Report. March 1, 2005
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