CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Illinois at Chicago will receive the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's Best Practice Award for Effective Partnerships for its Partnership READ initiative. The award will be given at the association's 58th annual meeting in San Diego, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
The award recognizes partnerships among schools, colleges and departments of education that have demonstrated measurable contributions to the achievement/learning of pre-K-12 students.
"The work matters so much -- it demonstrates the power of a collaborative effort connecting the university, the public schools and a major philanthropic organization," said Victoria Chou, dean of the UIC College of Education.
In collaboration with Learning First, a project of the Chicago Public Schools, Partnership READ is one of several university-school literacy partnerships funded by the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. The project aims to improve literacy, teaching and learning by bringing coherence to schoolwide literacy programs.
Since 2002, the partnership has contributed to steady gains in the literacy achievement of children in a network of high poverty, low performing schools, with dramatic changes in the most active schools.
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CONTACT: Jeffron Boynes, UIC Media Relations, 312-413-8702, jboynes@uic.edu
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION: The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is a national voluntary association of higher education institutions and other organizations and is dedicated to ensuring the highest quality preparation and continuing professional development for teachers and school leaders in order to enhance pre-K-12 student learning. The almost 800 member institutions prepare more than two-thirds of the new teachers entering schools each year in the United States.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: University of Illinois at Chicago ranks among the nation's top 50 universities in federal research funding and is Chicago's largest university with 25,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world. For more information about UIC, visit www.uic.edu
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