In 2020, NCS established a second Network for School Improvement (NSI) funded for five years by the Bill & Melinda 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.
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1. Air Force Academy High School
Principal Yashika Tippett-Eggleston
2. Bowen High School
Principal Priscilla Horton
3. Chicago Vocational Career Academy
Principal Douglas Maclin
4. Corliss High School
Principal Kevin Coppage
5. Curie High School
Principal Homero Peñuelas
6. Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine
Principal Leonetta Sanders
7. Dunbar Vocational Career Academy
Acting Principal Richard McMillan
8. Foreman College and Career Academy
Interim Principal Pablo Guzman
9. Frederick Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center
Principal Jennifer Sutton
10. Gage Park High School
Principal Anna Taglia
11. Gurdon S. Hubbard High School
Principal Angelica Altamirano
12. John F. Kennedy High School
Prinicipal George Szkapiak
13. Multicultural Arts High School
Principal Maria Gamboa
14. The Ogden International School of Chicago
Principal Devon Herrick
15. Social Justice High School
Principal Omar Chilous
16. Uplift Community High School
Principal Tyrese Graham
17. Walter Payton College Preparatory High School
Principal Fareeda Shabazz
18. Wells Community Academy High School
Principal Brad Rossi
19. World Language High School
Principal Margaret Loranger