The leadership of Rockford Public Schools (RPS205) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) have lauded a new residency-based principal preparation program that was developed from technical assistance provided by UIC’s Center for Urban Education Leadership (CUEL). UIC’s...
The Center for Urban Education Leadership (CUEL) has received two gifts of up to $230K One of these gifts is from the Finnegan Family Foundation and one of these gifts is from an anonymous donor. These funds will support work that CUEL does that impacts Chicago...
In his upcoming publication, CUEL Affiliate Decoteau Irby calls attention to racial equity and its ever-shifting dynamic as our racial consciousness continues to evolve and racism asserts itself anew. Irby’s book details both the practical efforts of equity-minded...
CUEL Affiliate Jason Salisbury has recently published a new research article on educational opportunity. In this publication, CUEL Affiliate Jason Salisbury examines educational opportunities through race in urban high schools and whiteness as property. The...
CUEL is excited to announce that Jason Salisbury has been awarded the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division A (Administration) Emerging Scholar Award. The award is given by Division A in recognition of a pre-tenure scholar who has made outstanding...
Paul Zavitkovsky has just been named to Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative Advisory Board. IWERC is tasked with identifying the questions most important to Illinois policy and education leaders and then analyzing data to come up with answers that...
CUEL has received a grant from the Qatar Foundation that will support an international study of more innovative schools from a diverse set of national contexts. The study will pay particular attention to: a) investigating the leadership ecosystem that exists within...
The WISE Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network (ALL-IN) is a global community of practice for educational leadership experts – including academics, program providers, practitioners and policymakers – that research, design, and advocate for high quality school...
Building from a two year program of work led by CUEL team members Lisa Walker and Steve Tozer and supported by several Chicago funders, CUEL has received two grants totaling 45K to support equity-oriented improvement through the generation and use of knowledge...
CUEL Director Shelby Cosner is taking a lead role with the design of a multi-year, multifaceted school leader development program that is currently having broad impact in the state of Illinois through two federally funded projects (16M SEED and EIR). Both projects...
