Members from Roosevelt, the only Chicago public school to enter the competition, also won two scholarships which will send a student to Washington D.C. for a week, and another to Space Camp. The Chicago Panel on School Policy publishes brochures, pamphlets and reports on Chicago educational reform issues. Status Report A look at the service learning mandate in Chicago public schools. A study of Agzssiz Elementary School, which has consistently outperformed the Chicago Public Schools average on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Chicago Public Library Summer Reading Program Children ages 5 to 14 may participate in the 1999 Summer Reading Program of the Chicago Public Library.
Children officially join the program by reading and reporting on their first book.
The program runs June 14 though August 7, is free and is available at Thomas Hughes Children's Library at the Harold Washington Library Center and other participating libraries. New American High Schools Competition Applications are available for the 1999 New American High Schools Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Assn. of Secondary School Principals. Schools are chosen for their innovation and commitment to academic excellence. Winning schools receive a stipend, as well as national recognition. Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree in any field of study at a U.S. graduate school.