The Chicago Public Education Fund

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How The Fund’s Venture Capital Process Works

The Chicago Public Education Fund applies principles of venture capital to make systemic improvements in education, with a focus on talent and leadership in our schools. Our approach is further defining a burgeoning field of private sector investment in public education and is being studied by America’s top business schools as a model of innovation in philanthropy. More importantly, the venture capital model enables The Fund to stay focused, and get results fast.

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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
Record Number of Chicago Teachers Pursue National CertificationDrive to Recruit More Candidates Comes on Heels of Teacher Contract which Boosts Compensation for Teachers Passing Rigorous Standard November 12, 2007
Chicago educators nationally certified as ‘master teachers’52 teachers earn highest credential in teaching profession November 30, 2001
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Results The Fund is Achieving

The Fund has raised nearly $50 million and leveraged more than $125 million to support CPS

70 percent of The fund’s capital has been committed from director’s personal dollars
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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.
Recent News
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.