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Pedro Martinez (born 1969/1970) [1] is a Mexican-American school administrator who has served as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools (the superintendent position of Chicago Public Schools) since 2021. Before working in Chicago, he had also served as superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District and superintendent of the Washoe ...
U.S. News & World Report Education ranked Chicago Academy High School in the top ten best public high schools in the city of Chicago. [5] Morton School of Excellence has maintained Level 1 status since school year 2010-11. In 2012, Morton School of Excellence surpassed the district ISAT average, the first school to achieve this milestone. [6]
The degree is often required as the minimum teaching credential for university, college, and conservatory instrumental or vocal teaching positions. Other related degrees include the Master of Music Education (M.Mus.Ed.), Master of Arts in Music Education (M.A.), Master of Sacred Music (M.S.M.), and Master of Worship Studies (M.W.S.).
The school opened as Austin Middle School in 1972. [4] In 1974, the school was re–named Michele Clark Magnet High School in honor of the Chicago television journalist Michele Clark who's noted as one of the first African-American woman to serve as a news reporter. For the 2002–2003 school year, Clark was converted into a high school. [5]
John Clark Dore, a Boston teacher and principal, became Chicago's first school superintendent in 1854, when there were 34 teachers and 3,000 students. When he resigned in 1856, enrollment had doubled to 6,100, 46 new instructors had been hired, and four new schools (including the first high school) had been constructed. [2]
The UNO Charter School Network (UCSN) was founded in 1998 when UNO recognized the need to bolster public education in Chicago as a way to effect positive change in predominantly Hispanic communities. The first school, Octavio Paz Elementary was in Pilsen, Chicago and has since grown to 13 K-8 elementary schools and 3 high schools.
The institute was founded in 1924 as Chicago's College of Jewish Studies. [6] [7] In 1970, its name changed from College of Jewish Studies to Spertus College of Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. In 1973, this became Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. In 2013, the name changed to Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and ...
The school is made up of 78 staff with 55% holding master's degrees and a 14:1 student/teacher ratio. Although students at its two campuses still score below the district average on state standards according to school administrators, 100% of high school seniors have been accepted to college with 70% attending 4 year schools and 30% attending ...