Chicago Public Schools

Jacob testifies in Atlanta Public Schools cheating trial, cites figure ‘288 septillion’

Feb 10, 2015

Brian Jacob was called to testify last week as a witness for the prosecution in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating trial, in which prosecutors allege a dozen educators engaged in a “widespread, cleverly disguised” conspiracy to improve their...

Brian Jacob study featured in Chicago Tribune article, "Principals given flexibility in firing teachers showed they could evaluate well, study indicates"

Jul 19, 2011

The Chicago Tribune published an article examining the findings of a study by Brian Jacob on the effects of new firing practices in the Chicago Public School System.Per a new collective bargaining agreement introduced in 2004, principals in the...

Brian Jacob interviewed by Chicago Public Radio about school policies, teacher absenteeism

Feb 8, 2010

Brian Jacob spoke to Eight Forty-Eight, an award-winning WBEZ Chicago Public Radio show, about policy changes within the Chicago Public School system. Newly published research by Jacob examines the impacts of a policy giving principals the autonomy...

New research by Brian Jacob explores decline in public school teacher absenteeism based on the autonomy of principals to dismiss probationary teachers

Jan 21, 2010

According to new research by Brian Jacob, public school teachers took less time off when principals had more flexibility to dismiss them without completing elaborate documentation or attending a hearing.Two papers authored by Jacob examined a policy...

What does it mean to work in a system that fails you and your kids?: A beginning teacher's journey through the Chicago Public Schools

Jan 13, 2014 1:24:24

This ethnodramatic performance tells the story of a beginning teacher's first year in the Chicago Public Schools and her efforts to make a difference in a third grade classroom. January, 2014.