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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:  Download the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarship Application and Guidelines  Read the January/February edition of the Urban Educator  Read Council Executive Director's remarks at American Enterprise Institute Conference on "A Penny Saved."  PRESS RELEASE: Big-City Public Schools Make Gains in Grades 4 and 8 in Mathematics   NEW PUBLICATION: Urban School Board Survey: Characteristics, Structure, and Benefits   NEW PUBLICATION: Succeeding with English Language Learners:Lessons: Learned from the Great City Schools   NEW PUBLICATION: Managing for Results in America's Great City Schools Upcoming Events:  Chief Human Resources Officers, Personnel Directors, Colleges of Education & Professional Development Directors: February 10-12, 2010, Charleston, SC   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