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Friday, April 26, 2019

John Q. Easton Talks How Research Reshaped Education in Chicago

Bliss Davis, Content and Programming Coordinator, The City Club of Cleveland

"We need to complement rigor with relevance and usefulness." – John Q. Easton

In 1987, then-U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett called Chicago Public Schools the worst public school system in America. Swift reforms followed, including the establishment of The University of Chicago (UChicago) Consortium on School Research which conducts research that informs and assesses policy and practice in the Chicago Public Schools.

Since its inception, the Consortium has tracked data and provided research to help educators solve the most difficult problems facing urban schools. Over the past 10 years, at least 13 cities—including New York and Los Angeles—have replicated the consortium’s model for place-based research-practice partnerships.

The results are striking. Last year, a study from Stanford University showed that Chicago's students have learned at a faster rate than 96 percent of all school districts in the country, including its wealthier and more well-resourced peers.

John Q. Easton Talks How Research Reshaped Education in Chicago

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