Non-profit organization founded by community leaders, and contracted by Chicago Public Schools for management of the city's first contract school, The Chicago Academy, a teacher preparation program and northwest side K-8 school. Overview of programs, application, and the school.

A service organization that is committed to serving children in the inner-city. Includes details of its programs for urban youth education, and its efforts to recruit, train and support mid-career and retired professionals in becoming teachers.

Ensemble of actors and educators that creates an alternative learning environment in which children share their personal voices and celebrate the power of their imaginations. Offers creative writing workshops, children's programs, and contact information.

Non-profit organization promoting creative writing, literacy and literature among the city's urban youth, by using unique teaching opportunities and performance.