Improving Academic Achievement with Freedom and Accountability: Hearing Before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Chicago, Illinois, March 2, 2001, Volume 4

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Page 67 - Other than yourself, please list what entity or entities you will be representing: 5. Please list any offices or elected positions held or briefly describe your representational capacity with each of the entities you listed in response to question 4: 6.
Page 37 - Chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the House of Representatives.
Page 72 - IS schools with IB programs, 6 regional magnets, 12 career academy schools, and 2 military academy schools. More than half of our high schools now offer advanced placement courses, with 26 percent more students taking the exams this past school year and a 28 percent increase in the success rate — more than double the 1 3 percent state and national success rate. Our students also have choice in the form of 14 charter schools with strong accountability guidelines. Edison operates one of the charters,...
Page 72 - ... taking the exams this past school year and a 28 percent increase in the success rate — more than double the 1 3 percent state and national success rate. Our students also have choice in the form of 14 charter schools with strong accountability guidelines. Edison operates one of the charters, and KIPP will soon open a new one. Charters are available to both new schools and existing parochial schools to ensure the viability of our private school options. Increasingly, we have built collaborative...
Page 72 - The 1995 reform legislation gave us key powers over finances and unions, increasing our flexibility within a framework of accountability. Through these powers, we established sound management structures and processes and made more effective use of new and existing resources, including the establishment of educational support programs that are a first for the Chicago Public Schools. Some of our initial actions included initiating long...
Page 47 - Chairman and members of the committee, for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Mike Mears.
Page 71 - Century and can be the great bipartisan catalyst of our day. A strong education policy agenda that embraces high standards, accountability, adequate funding, and viable school choice options is the lynchpin to building a new bipartisan majority. Accordingly, Chicago Public Schools looks forward to being of assistance to you to help construct an education agenda and to provide ideas for federal funding priorities that truly reflects the interests of the American public, and that are broad enough to...
Page 72 - Command and General Staff Council. They ensure proper pacing from grade to grade and consistent and high quality instruction. The models are in use during the Summer Bridge program and during the regular school year. Models are also available for after school instruction and early childhood education. In addition, newly developed blueprints help high school teachers prepare students for assessments. The Chicago Academic Standards are based on international standards to ensure the highest quality...
Page 75 - As religious institutions and schools are perhaps the two most dynamic institutions in any community, we seek to foster creative relationships that maximize the financial, and human resources that both institutions bring to bare. In addition, we are concerned about the potential dilution of funds and the fragmentation of programs by competing religious entities that would apply for and receive 21" Century Learning Center funding.
Page 71 - ... great bipartisan catalyst of our day. A strong education policy agenda that embraces high standards, accountability, adequate funding, and viable school choice options is the lynchpin to building a new bipartisan majority. Accordingly, Chicago Public Schools looks forward to being of assistance to you to help construct an education agenda and to provide ideas for federal funding priorities that truly reflects the interests of the American public, and that are broad enough to give this Congress...

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