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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Results The Fund is Achieving

New Teacher Hires

20 percent or more of new teacher hires in Chicago Public Schools come from non-traditional routes
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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.
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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.