Videos

Symposium on Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago (120 minutes)

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• On January 14, 2010 we convened the Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago symposium at the Gleacher Center to celebrate the release of this book by current and former CCSR researchers.

• Four of the book's authors, Tony Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, Elaine Allensworth, and Stuart Luppescu, present prominent findings from their detailed analysis.

• Linda Lutton, Education Reporter for Chicago Public Radio, facilitates a discussion with featured panelists:
• Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chief Education Officer of the Chicago Public Schools
• Joseph McDonald, Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University
• Charles M. Payne, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago

• Download Symposium materials
• Authors' presentation
• About the Presenters
• The Essential Supports flier
• Truly Disadvantaged Schools flier
• Supplemental Information
  

The Consortium on Chicago School Research: Informing Urban Education (6 minutes, 30 seconds)

• This short film examines the mission, model and national impact of the Consortium on Chicago School Research. It also explores its long-time relationship with and outreach to Chicago Public Schools.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on NBC’s Today Show. (4 minutes)

• Watch Meredith Vieira interview U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on NBC's Today Show where they discuss When Schools Close.

Improving Underperforming High Schools

• Participants talked about high school drop out rates, graduation rates, attendance, and various proposed improvements for schools. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience. Watch here.