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The Council of the Great City Schools is the only national organization exclusively representing the needs of urban public schools. Founded in 1956 and incorporated in 1961, the Council is located in Washington, DC    more >               Powered By IntersiteUnlimited Welcome: Achievement  Succeeding with English Language Learners: Lessons Learned from the Great City Schools  Research Brief: Advancing Adolescent Literacy in Urban Schools  Beating the Odds: An Analysis of Student Performance and Achievement Gaps on State Assessments Leadership  Managing for Results in America's Great City Schools  Urban School Board Survey: Characteristics, Structure, and Benefits Public Confidence  Building Public Confidence in Urban Schools: It Begins Inside the District  Did you know?  Good News About Urban Public Schools  Council PSAs  50 Years of Service to Urban Public Schools What's New:  MEDIA ADVISORY: Education Secretary Duncan and House Chair Miller To Address Urban School Leaders  MEDIA ADVISORY: Nation's Urban Schools Making Measurable Gains, New Study Shows  Download the Agenda for the Legislative Conference  Read the March issue of the Urban Educator  Statement by the Council Supporting the Kansas City (MO) School District's Reform Efforts  NEW PUBLICATION: Improving Special Education Services in the Pittsburgh Public Schools  PRESS RELEASE: Nation's Urban Schools Support Draft K-12 Common Core Standards   NEW PUBLICATION: Managing for Results in America's Great City Schools  Download the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarship Application and Guidelines  Statement by Michael Casserly on the One-Year Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  PRESS RELEASE: Urban Schools Support First Lady's Child Obesity Initiative  PRESS RELEASE: Big-City Public Schools Make Gains in Grades 4 and 8 in Mathematics   NEW PUBLICATION: Succeeding with English Language Learners:Lessons: Learned from the Great City Schools  Read Council Executive Director's remarks at American Enterprise Institute Conference on "A Penny Saved."   NEW PUBLICATION: Urban School Board Survey: Characteristics, Structure, and Benefits Upcoming Events:   Legislative/Policy Conference: March 20-23, 2010, Washington, DC  Chief Operating Officers Conference: April 14-16, 2010, Orlando, FL  54th Annual Fall Conference: Oct. 20-24, 2010, Tampa, FL