Thursday Gates-AUSL Event At Sherman
For Immediate Release:
January 29, 2008
Academy of Urban School Leadership (AUSL) to Announce National Partnership to Support Chicago Public School (CPS) Turnaround Initiative
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Makes Major Investment to Support AUSL’s High School Turnarounds and Teacher Residency Program
WHAT: Press conference at AUSL’s Sherman School of Excellence to announce national support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for CPS/AUSL teacher residency program and improvement strategies targeted to turn around low-performing schools.
WHO: CPS CEO Arne Duncan
WHEN: Thursday, January 31, 2008
10:00 a.m. at The Sherman School of Excellence
1000 W. 52nd St.
Chicago, Illinois 60609
Media tour of Sherman School of Excellence immediately following press
conference.
Academy for Urban School Leadership (www.ausl-chicago.org) was founded in 2001 by a group of Chicago’s most prominent education, civic, and business leaders. AUSL’s mission is to improve student achievement in chronically failing schools by attracting, retaining, and training highly effective teachers and school leaders, ultimately transforming schools into schools of excellence by opening and managing turnaround schools.
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