Overview Over the past decade, the Southwest Teacher Union Reform Network (SW Turn) has worked to bring together teacher union and school district leaders to study innovative reforms that can lead to increased achievement for all students. SW TURN brings together...
Overview In 2011, after years of failing to meet state standards, and on the heels of a difficult school merger, Peoria High School decided to seek a federal School Improvement Grant. To receive the multi-million dollar grant, the school had to commit to a massive...
Overview In 2014, Rockford Public Schools (RPS), a large urban district in northern Illinois, approached CEC looking for help with a few specific initiatives. The district was attempting to implement a Peer Assistance Review program, implement a SMART Goals process,...
Overview CEC worked with Marquardt School District, a northwest suburban elementary district in DuPage County about 25 miles west of Chicago, for a period of 13 years, to build capacity each year for the district to solve its own problems. In the early years, CEC...
Overview Teachers and school administrators in Thornton High School District 205, a low-income district in Chicago’s south suburbs, were desperate to provide effective education to students. However, a toxic culture of misunderstanding and mistrust had taken hold...
