UpClose Test by mark July 15, 2008
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Westcott takes the plunge by Debra Williams May, 2008
Westcott Elementary was one of 10 schools to participate in the district’s pay-for-performance pilot. If teachers can raise test scores and pass performance evaluations, they will take home an average of $2,000 in extra pay. Catalyst looks at the school’s first year testing out the incentive-pay model.

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Educating inner-city teachers by Debra Williams March, 2008
UIC revamps its program in wake of research that shows graduates more likely to take jobs in schools where they student taught
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The College Challenge revisited: Support, perseverance are key by Kristin Maun December, 2007
What does it take to get a college education? Six years ago, Catalyst Chicago began to examine that complex question in “The College Challenge,” a series of periodic reports on the struggles of nine black and Latino students from Chicago Public Schools who were aiming to earn a college degree. With this report, Catalyst checks in with five of them to find out what made the difference in helping them surmount the hurdles.
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Success by the numbers by John Myers October, 2007
A mix of incentives and transparency is at the heart of a turnaround effort at Hearst, a low-income, predominantly African-American school that has languished on probation. The principal, now in his second year, is pushing a data-driven system that features new curricula, professional development and a reshuffling of teachers’ preparation periods.
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