Dear Friends of The Fund,
In 2016, to make 海角直播the best city in the country to lead a public school. While we鈥檙e not quite there yet, we made key strides to our goal.
To start, we helped expand the聽聽to 25 members, including five charter school leaders. We also conducted our fourth聽, connecting 48 principal-led school teams with experts from around the country.
This fall, we became a founding member of聽, a collaborative, citywide effort to ensure a great principal in every public school. You can learn more and join our efforts and聽聽(including many of you!) by visiting聽.
Finally, with feedback from 73 percent of Chicago鈥檚 public school principals, we unveiled our 2016 School Leadership Report,聽, which provides recommendations for improving principal hiring and placement and features profiles of six schools and organizations already doing this work well.
The report garnered ample media coverage, including an editorial by聽, pieces by the聽听补苍诲听, and mentions on CBS, NBC, Fox, WBEZ and WGN Radio. We also joined 海角直播principals Nate Pietrini and James Gray on their podcast,聽, to discuss the report.
Though proud of this progress, we know we have more to do to reach our goals. We look forward to聽the work ahead, and we hope you’ll join us.
Wishing you a joyful holiday season,
The Fund Team
PS: We’re taking next week off, but check back on Friday, January 6 when we return with new posts!