Welcome to PURE!
Education news from the Chicago parents' perspective!Learn more about PURE here.
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TAKE ACTION!
- PSAT for 9-21: Go citywide, go local - join the CTU rally for education rights and support Camp Whitter. Here's how.
- The most important thing you can do for education this summer. Talk to Congress about ESEA. Here's how.
- We are looking for students who are being retained based on ISAT scores for possible legal action. More here.
- Sign Parents Across America petition re: Blueprint for schools. Here's how.
What's wrong with Fed Ed Head Duncan's Blueprint for Education/RTTT? Here are some of the major problems.
Failures of Arne Duncan's Renaissance 2010:Research summary by Dr. Pauline Lipman
Research shows that African-American and Latino students do worse in Illinois charter schools: read about it here.
Read about the accountability problems PURE uncovered in Renaissance 2010 schools: our report
WHAT IS PURE?
Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) is a nationally-recognized public school parent advocacy group based in Chicago.
PURE’s web site provides news, analysis, information and resources for parents, local school councils (the elected, parent-majority bodies in Chicago’s public schools), and anyone else who is interested in improving public schools for all children.
On the right hand side of this page, you can read PURE's blog, PURE Thoughts, and download two recent publications, one on how school reform “Chicago-style” relates to the No Child Left Behind Act, and one detailing the results of our 2006 parent involvement survey.
On the left hand side are links to a variety of PURE resources.