Freshman Success for Equity Improvement Network

In 2020, NCS established a second Network for School Improvement (NSI) funded for five years by the Gates Foundation. This new network includes eleven CPS high schools that will work towards the high achievement of Black and Latinx 9th graders through racial equity work and continuous improvement.

This improvement network serves approximately 70 educators and administrators on Freshman Success Teams, who engage in frequent cross-school professional learning. The essential question for the network is, What do I/we need to know and be able to do to transform schools so that Black and Latinx students experience deep and joyful learning in our school communities?

NCS will also provide intensive equity-based coaching to educators in each school. As a result, we anticipate impacting at least 2,000 ninth-grade students annually.

Click here to view a map of FS4E schools across Chicago.

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1. Air Force Academy High School

Principal Yashika Tippett-Eggleston

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2. Bowen High School

Principal Priscilla Horton

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3. Chicago Vocational Career Academy

Principal Douglas Maclin

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4. Corliss High School

Principal Kevin Coppage

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5. Curie High School

Principal Homero Peñuelas 

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6. Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine

Principal Leonetta Sanders

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7. Dunbar Vocational Career Academy

Acting Principal Richard McMillan 

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8. Foreman College and Career Academy 

Interim Principal Pablo Guzman

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9. Frederick Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Principal Jennifer Sutton

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10. Gage Park High School

Principal Anna Taglia

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11. Gurdon S. Hubbard High School

Principal Angelica Altamirano

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12. John F. Kennedy High School

Prinicipal George Szkapiak

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13. Multicultural Arts High School

Principal Maria Gamboa

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14. The Ogden International School of Chicago

Principal Devon Herrick

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15. Social Justice High School

Principal Omar Chilous

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16. Uplift Community High School

Principal Tyrese Graham

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17. Walter Payton College Preparatory High School

Principal Fareeda Shabazz

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18. Wells Community Academy High School

Principal Brad Rossi

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19. World Language High School

Principal Margaret Loranger