UChicago Startups Win Funding

Four University startups, ranging in focus from healthcare to education to computer technology, recently received a total of $406,000 in funding from the University Innovation Fund, which supports University-affiliated projects.

January 16, 2015

Elite Chicago Leadership Development Program Admits First Class with Promise to Keep Black and Brown Leaders in Education

Surge Institute, Chicago’s newest premier education leadership development organization, announced the twelve (12) elite individuals in the Surge Fellowship 2015 Inaugural cohort. Surge Institute prepares, supports and connects emerging leaders of color

April 15, 2015

Leading economists feature UChicago Charter School NKO as a proven, replicable initiative in book, "Restoring Opportunity"

UChicago Charter School North Kenwood/Oakland Campus featured in recent book, "Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education," highlighting the nation’s most promising educational solutions

June 05, 2014

Q&A: Tim Knowles on Making Education an Evidence-Based Profession

Education Week: Interview with Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago Urban Labs, Tim Knowles, on UEI's work in improving education

July 08, 2012

Q&A: Tim Knowles on Making Education an Evidence-Based Profession

Ed Week: Interview with Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago Urban Labs, Tim Knowles, on UEI's work in improving education

July 08, 2012

Q&A: Tim Knowles on Making Education an Evidence-Based Profession

Interview with Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago Urban Labs Tim Knowles UEI's work in improving education

July 08, 2012

UEI's 5Essentials School Improvement Tool Adopted Statewide

UEI's 5Essentials Survey adopted for statewide assessment of school performance

January 28, 2013

Governor Quinn declares “5Essentials Day” in Illinois to Promote Statewide Participation in UEI's School Climate Survey

With UEI’s 5Essentials Survey underway statewide, more than 1 million students and 100,000 teachers encouraged to take `15 minutes on the 15th’ to weigh in on learning conditions

February 15, 2013

State survey aims to offer detailed look at schools

Chicago Tribune: Illinois administers the 5Essentials survey

January 24, 2013

More than 1 million respond to first statewide education survey

Chicago Tribune: More than 1.1 million students, teachers and parents filled out the 5Essentials survey

July 09, 2013