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Legislative

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Education

CCSR. Turning Around Low-Performing Schools in Chicago. This report finds that four years after undergoing dramatic reform efforts such as turnaround, very low-performing elementary schools in Chicago closed the gap in test scores with the system average by almost half in reading and two-thirds in math.

Visit  http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/content/publications.php?pub_id=163

Find your school and see how they measure up with other schools across the state of Illinois.

Visit http://schools.chicagotribune.com/.

Find your local school’s report card

Visit http://webprod.isbe.net/ereportcard/publicsite/getsearchcriteria.aspx and search by school, city, or district name.

The Joyce Foundation

The Joyce Foundation “Teacher Quality: What You Need to Know”

A first-of-its-kind guidebook that shows parents why we need to improve how we recruit, support, evaluate, and reward teachers in order to ensure all students get a great education.

Visit http://www.joycefdn.org/teacherquality/