Press & news

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Can Talent Really Move the Needle on Student Achievement?Thursday, September 30, 2010 Sep 2nd, 2010
80% of Race to the Top Winners Name National Board Programs August 26, 2010
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation awards $75,000 to The Chicago Public Education FundLatest among prominent Chicago foundations to back ambitious fund to redesign hiring and evaluation for Chicago principals and teachers
 		August 25, 2010
National Board Certification for Educational Leaders ready for field testApplication window is opening for eligible principals August 19, 2010
Statement from The Chicago Public Education Fund on I3 Grant Awardees Aug 16th, 2010
Chairman of Nalco joins The Chicago Public Education Fund Board of DirectorsLatest to join group of corporate and civic leaders having raised nearly $50 million
to improve the quality and performance of principals and teachers in Chicago schools
 		July 14, 2010
Fund Director Penny Bender Sebring talks “Essential Supports” for school improvement on “Beyond the Beltway”Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont May 9, 2010
Building a Principal PipelineCatalyst Chicago April 15, 2010
The Business of Strengthening School LeadershipBusiness Week March 23, 2010
Golden Chicago Scholars Identify 5 Keys to Urban School SuccessEducation Week January 25, 2010
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News

Title Date
Can Talent Really Move the Needle on Student Achievement?Thursday, September 30, 2010 Sep 2nd, 2010
80% of Race to the Top Winners Name National Board Programs August 26, 2010
National Board Certification for Educational Leaders ready for field testApplication window is opening for eligible principals August 19, 2010
Statement from The Chicago Public Education Fund on I3 Grant Awardees Aug 16th, 2010
Building a Principal PipelineCatalyst Chicago April 15, 2010
Plans Set for National Certification of PrincipalsEducation Week
By Lesli A. Maxwell 		December 10, 2009
Fund Chairman Penny Pritzker joins Education Secretary Arne Duncan and NBPTS in Launching National Board Certification for Principals Dec 9th, 2009
NBCEL Press Conference Live web-cast December 8, 2009
Statement from Penny Pritzker, Chairman, The Chicago Public Education Fund on the Death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott Nov 16th, 2009
Statement from Janet Knupp, Founding President and CEO, The Chicago Public Education Fund on the Death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott November 16, 2009
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Press Releases

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Lloyd A. Fry Foundation awards $75,000 to The Chicago Public Education FundLatest among prominent Chicago foundations to back ambitious fund to redesign hiring and evaluation for Chicago principals and teachers
 		August 25, 2010
Chairman of Nalco joins The Chicago Public Education Fund Board of DirectorsLatest to join group of corporate and civic leaders having raised nearly $50 million
to improve the quality and performance of principals and teachers in Chicago schools
 		July 14, 2010
Joyce Foundation awards The Chicago Public Education Fund $620,000 to promote greater effectiveness of Chicago principals and teachersEffort seeks to overhaul how educators are hired, evaluated and compensated

 		May 11, 2010
Mayor Daley, CPS Officials and The Fund Renew Commitment to Highest Teacher Quality in Chicago January 5, 2010
Chicago Public Schools is the nation’s No. 1 school district in the number of new National Board Certified Teachers

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Release 		December 16, 2009
Second Annual Leadership Awards Gala to Celebrate “Leadership in The Service of Learning”
Event to Recognize Three Local Education Advocates 		October 8, 2009
The Fund welcomes Crown, Querrey as newest members of board of directors February 22, 2009
Two Fund Directors Teach in Underserved Schools during Teach For America Week 2008 April, 2008
Record Number of Chicago Public School Teachers Honored by Mayor March 4, 2008
City Posts Record-Number of New ’Master Teachers’208 CPS Teachers Earn National Board Certification, The Profession’s Highest Recognition December 10, 2007
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Op-Eds

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The Business of Strengthening School LeadershipBusiness Week March 23, 2010
Teacher TrainingLetter to the Editor of the Chicago Sun Times by Janet M. Knupp, President of the Chicago Public Education Fund March 26, 2001
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Can Talent Really Move the Needle on Student Achievement?
The Chicago Public Education Fund to host human capital leaders from Chicago, D.C., Denver, Long Beach and San Diego for a panel focused on human capital as the way to drive better outcomes for students. Panelists will join keynote speakers Ron Huberman, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, and Penny Pritzker, Fund Chairman, and Moderator, Janet Knupp, Fund Founding President and CEO, as we explore what human capital leaders in the nation's leading-edge urban school systems are doing to promote excellence at all levels.