The Chicago Public Education Fund

Publications & reports

Title	Date
Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago: Early Evidence on Two Initiatives	March 2004
Chicago Public Schools Professional Development Project	August 2002

Annual reports

Title	Date
The Chicago Public Education Fund 2001 Annual ReportThe Chicago Public Education Fund. An unprecedented strategic investment partner.	2001
The Chicago Public Education Fund 2002 Annual ReportBetter Schools are Everybody’s Business	2002
The Chicago Public Education Fund 2003 Annual ReportLead. The Future Will Follow.	2003
The Chicago Public Education Fund 2004 Annual ReportAccelerate achievement for all Chicago Public School Students, especially our neediest, by building talented teams of principals and teachers.	2004
The Chicago Public Education Fund 2005 Annual ReportIn Good Company	2005
The Chicago Public Education Fund 2006 Annual ReportFrom the Boardroom to the Classroom	2006

Case studies

Title	Date
Fund Director Co-Authors Book on ‘Organizing Schools for Improvement’	January 15, 2010
Taking Human Capital Seriously: Talented Teachers in Every Classroom,Talented Principals in Every School	November 4, 2009
The Chicago Public Education Fund: Measuring Results in Venture PhilanthropyNorthwestern University, Kellogg School of Management Socially Responsible Business Practices Case Study	April 15, 2004
Linking Resources to Results: The Chicago Public Education Fund’s Master Teacher InitiativeGrantmakers for Education Case Study 2006	2006

Results

Title	Date
Human Capital Strategy	May 4, 2009
Studies show significant learning gains in master teacher-led classroomsNBC teachers improving achievement among younger and low-income students, researchers say	November 2004

Research

Title	Date
Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed?Goldhaber, Dan. Center on Reinventing Public Education, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington and the Urban Institute. Anthony,Emily. Urban Institute	April 1, 2009
Principal and Teacher Leadership in Chicago: Early Evidence on Two Initiatives	March 2004
Human Capital Framework for K-12 Urban Education: Organizing for SuccessJudy Wurtzel Rachel Curtis	July 2008
Becoming a Leader: Preparing School Principals for Today’s SchoolsThe Wallace Foundation	June 2008
Defining an Urban Principalship to Drive Dramatic Achievement GainsNew Leaders for New Schools	March 10, 2008
The Chicago Public Education Fund: 2007 Annual MeetingRemarks of Robert H. Gertner, Wallace W. Booth Professor of Economics and Strategy, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business	April 24, 2007
Teacher quality in a changing policy landscape: Improvements in the teacher poolD. H. Gitomer	2007
Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the JobGordon, R., Kane, T.J., & Staiger, D.O.	2006
National Board Certified Teachers and Their Students’ AchievementEducation Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 12 No. 46; Vandevoort, Leslie G. Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Berliner, David C. Arizona State University	September 8, 2004
The Effects of Teach For America on Students: Findings from a National EvaluationMathematica Policy Research, INC	June 9, 2004

Video & downloads

April 20, 2009

Presentations

November 12, 2009

Title	Date
Using Robust Measures of Teacher Practice in Evaluating Chicago TeachersPresentation from November 4th, 2009 Strategic Management of Human Capital National Conference	? ?, ?

Results The Fund is Achieving

Chicago has the largest class of new National Board Certified Teachers in the nation

Chicago ranks third in the nation with 1494 total National Board Certified Teachers

More Results

The Chicago Public Education Fund
200 West Adams Street, Suite 2150
Chicago, IL 60606

Phone:	312.558.4500
Fax:	312.558.4506
E-mail:	info@thefundchicago.org

About The Fund

As a venture capital fund for public education, The Chicago Public Education Fund invests in well-managed, high-impact programs that improve school leadership and student achievement system wide.