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Tag: Altus Academy

STEM Read Institute sparks educators

August 22, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Macy Gray’s journey as a teacher began at Mayatan Bilingual School, a non-profit in Honduras where she taught sixth-graders. When she returned to Illinois this summer to begin a new job this fall teaching sixth- and seventh-graders at Chicago’s Altus Academy, the

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CoE’s Altus partnership blooms with El-Ed major Jamal Murphy

November 22, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Jamal Murphy is not a typical NIU College of Education teacher-licensure candidate. Raised on the West Side of Chicago, Murphy encountered an eighth-grade teacher who told him he would drop out by his sophomore year. What? Not finish high school? “Once you

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NIU teacher candidates spend time in Chicago and Texas classrooms

June 15, 2016 admin-salvani Alumni eNewsletter, LEED

Teacher candidates visit Altus Academy On April 28th a group of Elementary Education teacher candidates traveled to Altus Academy in Chicago. Altus Academy provides college preparatory education to 2nd-8th grade students from historical minority groups, low-income families, and first generation college graduate

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Against All Odds

January 8, 2016 admin-salvani CAHE, ETRA, KNPE, LEED, LEPF, SEED

by Angela M. Johansson, M.A. ’05 Originally appeared in Northern Now North Lawndale is one of the toughest neighborhoods on Chicago’s West Side. Its streets are plagued by poverty and gang violence. Each morning, workers in reflective orange vests are stationed at

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