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 recognizes partnerships among schools, colleges and departments of education that have demonstrated measurable contributions to the achievement/learning of pre-K-12 students.
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.
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