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Project Exploration currently serves nearly 1,000 students. It began as an after-school and summer program when Gabrielle Lyon, a teacher at Fiske Elementary School on the South Side of Chicago, decided that students underrepresented in the sciences, primarily girls and minorities, should be given opportunities to collaborate with actual scientists and participate in real-life scientific research.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Dual Language School, formerly Stowe Elementary School, in West Humboldt, Chicago up to the early 1970s had an entirely white student body. [3] In 1966, it had 1,212 students and 38 teachers. On August 10, 1966, Mildred Chucut became principal after being transferred from Jenner School. [4]
The James Franck Institute of the University of Chicago conducts interdisciplinary research in physics, chemistry and materials science. Scientists at the institute include those interested in condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, materials chemistry, atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, geophysics, and biophysics.
The study tracked Chicago high school students who graduated in 1998 and 1999. 35% of CPS students who went to college earned their bachelor's degree within six years, below the national average of 64%. [72] Chicago has a history of high dropout rates, with around half of students failing to graduate for the past 30 years.
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (also known as Lab, Lab Schools, or U-High, abbreviated UCLS) is a private, co-educational, day Pre-school and K-12 school in Chicago, Illinois. It is affiliated with the University of Chicago. Almost half of the students have a parent who is on the faculty or staff of the university. [3]
Professor of Theology and comparative religions, University of Chicago: Leslie Hairston: 1979 Chicago alderman Matthew Headrick: 1990 1990 winner of the Intel/Westinghouse Science Talent Search: Hal Higdon: 1947 Writer and runner, longtime contributor to Runner's World: Maria Hinojosa: 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, radio host ...
Math Investigations teach students to integrate literacy skills with mathematics competencies. [clarification needed] Middle and high school teachers use the University of Chicago Math Project to develop modules that assist students in grades 6–12 to move through a mathematics sequence that culminates with AP Calculus in the 12th grade.
Lake View High School is a public four-year high school located in the Lake View neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Lake View is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. While the current building opened in 1886, the school itself opened in 1874, dating to a time when the Lake View community was not a part ...