K-12 Education

We demonstrate our commitment to urban education by developing and investing in programs and initiatives that serve children from pre-K through high school and by working with teachers and principals to improve our city’s school system.

As a champion for quality preK-12 education for students throughout Chicago, UChicago extends its core educational mission through a range of programs designed to provide our city’s youth with the broad-based academic knowledge and well-developed study skills they will need to succeed in college and beyond.

We provide mentoring, tutoring, and other academic support to help Chicago Public Schools students thrive in high school and prepare for college. We also operate a top-tier neighborhood charter school with three South Side campuses, and we work with educators to improve school quality and achieve better outcomes for students throughout the Chicago Public Schools system.

In addition, our civic leadership programs and community collaborations offer UChicago scholars and students deeper insights into urban issues while helping to build new generations of thoughtful, well-prepared community leaders.

News

06/24/2022

A new way to teach math

The winner of this year’s Edwardson SNVC, together.science, uses digital tools to help students learn math in a simple, intuitive way.

06/14/2022

Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship allows students to join quantum research labs around the Midwest, planting the seeds for a diverse and inclusive quantum workforce

More than a dozen college students from underrepresented backgrounds will be spending the summer conducting quantum information science and engineering research in labs across the Midwest thanks to the Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship.

05/03/2022

New research: School culture, leadership & colleagues influence teachers’ attitudes toward instructional change

A new UChicago Consortium on School Research study asks: How do schools impact teachers’ ability to use teacher evaluation data for developmental and improvement- oriented purposes, in contrast to its accountability goals?

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