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Chicago School Closings
In April 2002 the Chicago Public Schools announced a decision to close three Chicago schools
because of persistent failure to improve learning outcomes. The schools, Dodge, Terrell,
and Williams, are shown on the map below. While the local media have covered the conflict
between CPS and the Teacher's Union on this subject, they have not gone into detail on the
poverty in the neighborhood or other reasons for consistent poor performance. They have not
given readers a chance to "get involved" and to help. They have not demanded greater investment
from business, hospitals or foundations. There are several tutoring/mentoring programs within
a mile of each school. Visit the
Find a Program section. You'll find contact information you use to contact any one of these programs and
offer to help, as a tutor/mentor, donor and/or business partner. Don't let another day go by
without being part of the solution.
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Poor Schools in the Suburbs
The red dots on this map of the Chicago region are tutor/mentor program sites that are on
the Tutor/Mentor Connection databse. The black dots are locations of schools on the Ilinois
State Board of Education Warning list issues in November 2001.
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Chicago Schools on 2007 Warning List
The new state test for Illinois school performance in 2007 resulted in far fewer schools on
the probation list than in the past. While this is a sign of progress, there is still much room for
improvement. This is where Tutor and Mentoring programs can help.
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Role of Engaged Universities - Downtown Chicago
One of the aims of the Tutor/Mentor Connection is to share information so that teams in universities can have an impact
in helping tutor/mentor programs grow throughout Chicago. As they begin to develop their own ideal of what type of
program structure is best, they can begin to take on a responsibility for helping such programs grow in the area
around the university. The elementary school kids they work with today can be college freshmen in 6 to 12 years,
and college alumni who support the university, and its neighborhood tutor/mentor programs.
If you're at Dominican University in Oak Park, you could be supporting programs in Austin and on the West side of
Chicago. If you're at the University of Illinois at Chicago, you could also be supporting the entire West side.
To read more, go to the
Mapping for Justice blog
Use the
Zip Code Map
and
Chicago Programs Links,
to find contact information for organizations that provide various
forms of volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring
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Role of Engaged Universities
During the June 2008
National Conference on Volunteerism
President Jimmy Carter said "We have some of the best
institutions of higher education in the world. Yet many of them are surrounded by slums."
His purpose was to encourage the growth of campus-community partnerships and student-led community service
learning. This map shows universities in Chicago. It's aim is to help students, faculty and alumni from
each university create support groups to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in the areas around
the college or university. To read more, go to the
Tutor/Mentor Connection blog.
Use the
Zip Code Map
and
Chicago Programs Links,
to find contact information for organizations that provide various
forms of volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring
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