Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute, the Lefkofsky Family Foundation today announced a new initiative – the Success Project - providing students in 34 CPS neighborhood schools with the academic preparation, social support and college counseling necessary for success in high school and beyond.
The project is a unique partnership between the Urban Education Institute’s UChicago Impact, the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, the Chicago Public Schools and the Academy for Urban School Leadership. The partnership will embed a proven high school and college success curriculum into middle grades and provide staff support, training and analytic support to participating school – extending into middle schools the principles that have made 9th grade on-track rates soar CPS-wide...