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The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute (UEI) serves the South Side of Chicago and is dedicated to creating knowledge to produce reliably excellent schooling for children growing up in urban America. UEI operates the four campuses of the University of Chicago Charter School; prepares out…

Urban Education Institute


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    Alumni Emeriti Fall Webinar 2015 (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2015 88:20


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Alumni Emeriti Webinar Committee welcomes Sara Ray Stoelinga, AB’95, AM’01, PhD’04, the Sara Liston Spurlark Director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute, for a conversation about the history, challenges, and hopeful developments in American public school reform.

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    Urban Schooling: The Promise and the Peril (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2012 37:43


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Efforts to improve our education challenges have been hindered by a sea of proposals based merely on theory or anecdote. Tim Knowles, the John Dewey Director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and clinical professor on the Committee on Education, shares his thoughts on the necessary tools and challenges of nationwide urban school reform.

    Urban Schooling: The Promise and the Peril

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2012 37:43


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Efforts to improve our education challenges have been hindered by a sea of proposals based merely on theory or anecdote. Tim Knowles, the John Dewey Director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and clinical professor on the Committee on Education, shares his thoughts on the necessary tools and challenges of nationwide urban school reform.

    Three Eras of Chicago School Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2012 111:53


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Experts on education and public policy discussed Chicago public school reform at a symposium titled "A Symposium of the Three Eras of Chicago School Reform Report."

    Three Eras of Chicago School Reform (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2012 111:53


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Experts on education and public policy discussed Chicago public school reform at a symposium titled "A Symposium of the Three Eras of Chicago School Reform Report."

    Education and Social Service Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2012 92:37


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Leaders from student support services and the University of Chicago discuss methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through education and programs designed to focus on students' social, emotional, and academic lives. This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.

    Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2012 100:25


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Experts on law enforcement and public policy discuss the effect urban violence has on Chicago communities and methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through adjustments in law enforcement, police activity, and criminal justice. Frank Zimring, author of The City That Became Safe, details how New York was able to drastically reduce homicides, and how this can be applied to Chicago. This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.

    Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2012 100:25


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Experts on law enforcement and public policy discuss the effect urban violence has on Chicago communities and methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through adjustments in law enforcement, police activity, and criminal justice. Frank Zimring, author of The City That Became Safe, details how New York was able to drastically reduce homicides, and how this can be applied to Chicago. This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.

    Education and Social Service Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2012 92:37


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Leaders from student support services and the University of Chicago discuss methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through education and programs designed to focus on students' social, emotional, and academic lives. This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.

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