Fund II Archived News

Title Date
Top teachers for tough jobsChicago Tribune“If education were simple, we would have figured out by now how to ensure that each child gets a good one.” April 14, 2005
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
Venture philanthropy earns prestigious award for excellence in communicationsThe Chicago Pubic Education Fund receives silver award for websiteCHICAGO-For the second year in a row, The Chicago Public Education Fund received a Wilmer Shields Rich Award for Excellence in Communications from the Council on Foundations for its website. March 9, 2007
Venture philanthropy fund for public education welcomes Costello and Simmons to board of directorsCHICAGO-The Chicago Public Education Fund’s board of directors elected two new members this week, welcoming Ellen Costello and Brian Simmons with a unanimous vote of approval. January 16, 2007
Venture philanthropy welcomes new leadershipSmith retires as Schwertfeger elected chairman;
Gilbertson, Zell and Malott Kizziah join boardCHICAGO—The Chicago Public Education Fund welcomed three new members to its board of directors Thursday, and elected Tim Schwertfeger, chairman and CEO of Nuveen Investments, as its chairman.
 		April 28, 2005
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
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Results The Fund is Achieving

141 Chicago teachers achieved National Board Certification in 2011

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