Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE)
- Association for parents and local school council (LSC) members that seeks to improve the education of public school students. Offers membership program, articles, an events calendar, news, and contact details.
- http://www.pureparents.org/

Chicago GEAR UP Alliance
- Seeks to increase the number of students graduating and going on to post-secondary education by effecting positive whole-school, systemic change in Chicago public schools. Resources and learning networks for parents, educators, and students.
- http://www.gearupchicago.org/

Northside Learning Center
- A special education high school.
- http://www.nlc.cps.k12.il.us/

Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project (CUIP)
- Seeks to enhance teaching and learning in 29 Chicago Public Schools through the use of the Internet and other technologies. Includes overview of initiatives, management and training, and technology expo.
- http://cuip.uchicago.edu/

Web Institute for Teachers (WIT)
- An intensive four-week seminar aimed to help progressive K-12 teachers integrate the use of the Web in the classroom. A project of the Center for School Improvement (CSI) and the Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project (CUIP) in coll
- http://webinstituteforteachers.org/

Dorsey Academic Preparatory Center, Thomas A.
- Serve students who have not met the CPS eighth-grade promotion criteria and are 15 years or older as of December 1st of the subsequent school year. Includes information on class size, programs, calendar, and faculty.
- http://www.dorsey.cps.k12.il.us/

CPS: No Child Left Behind
- Chicago Public Schools (CPS) implementation of the federal program created by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which promotes educational choice in a new way, by requiring school systems to offer parents in low-performing schools the opportunity to tr
- http://nclb.cps.k12.il.us/

Consortium on Chicago School Research
- Independent federation of Chicago area organizations that conducts research on the city's public schools, the problems they face, and the mechanisms for improvement. Features impact studies, publications, and contacts.
- http://www.consortium-chicago.org/

Chicago Public Education Fund, The
- A venture-capital fund and results-oriented foundation created to increase community investment and act as a catalyst in improving the city's schools.
- http://www.cpef.org/

Catalyst: Voices of Chicago School Reform
- Publication that provides news about the issues affecting Chicago Public Schools.
- http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/

CAPE - Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
- Serves students by advancing the role of the arts in K-12 public education. Features partnership information, curriculum examples, participating schools and organizations, special projects and links.
- http://www.capeweb.org/