Chicago Public Education Fund

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Oct 23, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$725,411

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Schools and Instruction - The Fund partnered with public schools in Chicago to prove that much better academic outcomes can be achieved through innovative use of talent, technology, and time. In 2012, this included work to:- Bring New Classrooms, an innovative middle school mathematics model, to two traditional public schools in Chicago. Early results suggest positive impact on academic performance for more than 600 students.-Engage Parthenon Group (a consulting firm) to establish an analytic infrastructure to assess relative cost and impact of various school types and instructional programs within Chicago. Results include growth of successful International Baccalaureate (IB), Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) models as well as continued growth of high-performing charter schools City-wide. -It also included strategic time investments to help a set of schools extend their school day in advance of universal Full School Day adoption. All Chicago Public Schools now have a seven-hour school day.

Activity 3

Talent and Leadership - The Fund supported investments in high-quality principals and teachers, growing the number of highly-effective educator teams in Chicago, and ensuring they are in the schools where they are needed the most. In 2012, this included work to:-Advocate for high standards and aligned accountability systems, supporting CPS in the creation and implementation of rigorous and effective school, principal, and teacher evaluation systems. This included helping to launch REACH, the new CPS teacher evaluation system, working with the district to modify the existing principal evaluation system, and assisting in the design of a new school accountability framework. The evaluation systems were rolled out District-wide in 2012, and the accountability framework will be adopted in 2013.-Champion great teachers and principals as critical to school success, supporting recruitment, training, retention, and recognition efforts for great teachers and principals. This included ensuring that the Chicago Executive Leadership Academy, a pioneering effort to create in Chicago the nation's first district-based academy for school chiefs, was adopted as a priority for CPS. This program now allows for the recruitment, development and mentoring of new chiefs, deputy chiefs, and principals within Chicago Public Schools. -Serve as a fiscal agent in the administration of Principal Bonuses to more than 80 principals in traditional and charter public schools.

Filer

EIN

36-4279013