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Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (Chicago, Ill.) records

Descriptive Summary

Title
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (Chicago, Ill.) records
Dates
1992-2006,
Predominant Dates
bulk 1997-2006
Creator
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform
Creator
Size
25 linear feet (59 boxes).
Size
2 videotapes :
VHS.
Size
1 photo disc :
CD.
Language
Material is in Collection written in English..

Scope and Content

Correspondence, photographs, grant proposals, speeches, board minutes, surveys, publications, and training materials of the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (CCCUSR). Notable items in the collection include raw data and interviews gathered for publications examining testing in six cities.

Conditions for Access

For viewing audio-visual materials, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).

Conditions Governing Use

The donor deeded all rights owned by the donor to this material, including copyright, to Chicago Historical Society.

Preferred Citation

A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.

Custodial History

Gift of the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform (accession number 2008.0205.1).

Biography or History

The CCCUSR was formed after the passage of the Chicago School Reform Act of 1988 to reform urban schools. Formed in 1993 and headquartered in Chicago (Ill.), the organization operated in Chicago (Ill.), Baltimore (Md.), Denver (Colo.), Houston (Tex.), Los Angeles (Calif.), New York (N. Y.), Oakland (Calif.), Philadelphia (Pa.), and Seattle (Wash.). On a national level, the organization addressed many of the issues and changes brought about by the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 through publications, training, and leadership development. It closed in 2007.

Related Material

Related material at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, includes publications cataloged separately.

Descriptive inventory available online.

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