CPS CEO Arne Duncan & Wash Post Ed Columnist Jay Mathews Featured at High School...

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CPS CEO Arne Duncan & Wash Post Ed Columnist Jay Mathews Featured at High
School Summit II
      CPS & key policy makers reflect on Catalyst Chicago's High School
                          Transformation Report Card

     WHAT/WHY: The Catalyst Chicago High School Summit II featuring Chicago
               Public Schools (CPS) CEO Arne Duncan and Washington Post
               Education Reporter Jay Mathews will bring together more than
               250 students, public policy experts, and education advocates
               together to discuss, debate, and begin a dialogue to address
               critical issues facing the school district's $80 million dollar
               High School Transformation Plan.  The Summit is co-hosted by
               the Illinois College Access Network, which held the first High
               School Summit in 2005 where Mr. Duncan initially presented the
               High School Transformation Plan.

     The Summit will feature:
     *    Presentation of the citywide data analyses and findings uncovered in
          Catalyst Chicago's recently released Report Card on High School
          Transformation.
     *    Keynote by award-winning education journalist and columnist Jay
          Mathews, Washington Post.
     *    CPS CEO Arne Duncan presenting the early progress and lessons
          learned from High School Transformation Project.
     *    Interactive panel of high school students directly impacted by the
          transformation plan.


     WHO:
     *    Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools
     *    Jay Mathews, Washington Post Columnist and Journalist
     *    Deborah Harrington, President, The Woods Fund of Chicago
     *    Veronica Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Catalyst Chicago
     *    Sarah Karp, Associate Editor, Catalyst Chicago
     *    John Myers, Data & Research Editor, Catalyst Chicago
     *    Policy Experts, Education Advocates and CPS Students and Parents


     Summit sponsors include: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Chase Bank, The
     Woods Fund of Chicago and Crain's Chicago Business.

     WHEN:     8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
               Thursday, April 10, 2008

     WHERE:    Chase Tower
               10 South Dearborn, 57th Floor
               Chicago, IL

    Catalyst Chicago's can be found online at http://www.catalyst-chicago.org.
Catalyst Chicago is published by Community Renewal Society (CRS), an
organization dedicated to empowering people to build just communities by
working to eradicate racism and poverty. CRS does so by informing, organizing,
training, and encouraging individuals and communities in sustained and
strategic efforts to engender systemic change.
    FOR MORE INFORMATION:
    Laurie R. Glenn
    Telephone:  773.252.8672, ext. 301
    Cell: 773.704.7246
    E-mail: lrglenn@lrglenn.com

SOURCE  Catalyst Chicago
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