Chicago’s selective enrollment high schools aren’t easy to get into. And that true perception is leading to parent and student misperceptions about their educational opportunities. At Lindblom Math and Science Academy, a school with a predominant Black student...
First generation college students face a number of challenges as high schoolers in the college application and selection process. Marcey Sorensen, EdD Urban Education Leadership ’14 and principal at Roberto Clemente Community Academy High School in Chicago,...
Bowen High School, led by EdD Urban Education Leadership student and principal Nia Abdullah, partners with its community in a school improvement practice known as Data-in-a-Day (DIAD). Using the Center’s Data-in-a-Day protocol, Bowen invites students, parents,...
When Kevin Gallick arrived at George Washington High School in spring 2012 as the school’s new principal, he wanted to build believers. The school’s survey data on college admissions was troubling, to say the least. Students communicated they felt few people in their...
