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Barbara Bowman,chief officer for early childhood education, has retired after eight years at CPS. Bowman was a leader in developing the federal Head Start program and a co-founder of the Erikson Institute, a renowned graduate school in early childhood education.

Donald Fraynd, Chief Officer for the CPS Office of School Improvement, has resigned to become CEO of a new start-up company involved in educational human capital.  Fraynd was responsible for overseeing the district’s turnaround schools initiative. Aarti Dhupelia, director of CPS’ Career and Technical Education Department, has been named executive director of the school improvement office. 

Paul Goren has been appointed vice president for research and knowledge utilization at the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Previously, Goren served as a senior advisor to Chicago Public Schools and prior to that, was the director of the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. Goren has also worked for the Spencer and the MacArthur foundations.