From Around the Web:
Chicago Public Schools' Profile of Robeson High School

Catalyst Chicago's District 299 blog

Models for Change: Systems Reform in Juvenile Justice

Chicago Urban League

Journalism Center on Children and Families

EdWeek.org

Catalyst Chicago—a magazine of Education Reform—recently reported on the importance of community support for neighborhood schools. Read more here.

The University of Chicago is deep into research on what it takes to get Chicago Public School students to graduate. Dig into data that has helped schools like Robeson focus on what it can do to keep students from quitting school.

Charles Payne's book, So Much Reform. So Little Change, talks about why reform efforts can be so tough to achieve in “dysfunctional” neighborhood schools.

Washington Post: “Too Young for This”

From our Chicago Amplified archive:

2008 Chicago Schools Policy Luncheon Series: Is Great Teaching Enough? What It Takes

Indians as Artifacts: How Images of Indians Are Used to
Nationalize America's Youth

Little Black Sambo and the Complicated History of African
American Children's Books

Trying to Forget Pedro and Juanita: The Emergence of Chicano/a
Children's Literature

2008 Chicago Schools Policy Luncheon Series: Is Great Teaching Enough? What Kids Say

From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate: Connecting Local Priorities to National Opportunities

Building Movements for Educational Change

2008 Chicago Schools Policy Luncheon Series: Is Great Teaching Enough? The Evidence

Teacher Tales: Stories from the Frontlines

Talking with New Teachers: YCA Youth Speak Up

Generations of Women Moving History Forward: The Latina Perspective

Anti-Gay Pledges and Teacher Education: A Dialogue about the Tensions Between Private Beliefs and the Public Good

The Legacy of Emmett Till: Race, Youth, and Violence in Chicago

War on Two Fronts