One of the primary goals of the National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) is to prepare preservice teachers to teach in urban settings.
Connecting ISU faculty, staff, students to community-integrated urban education
Unit: Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline
Chicago Public School students attend the 2022 ISU Future Teacher Conference
Illinois State University College of Education (COE) hosted its fourth annual Future Teacher Conference on campus. This year, close to 1,100 high school students and 150 education personnel from over 30 Illinois school districts participated in various workshops throughout the day.
Incoming Teach Chicago Tomorrow students participate in NCUE summer immersion program across Chicago
Incoming freshmen in the Teach Chicago Tomorrow (TCT) Illinois State University Pathway Partnership program participated in a four-day summer immersion with the National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) in July.
University College visits NCUE partner high schools and communities in Chicago
What started as a casual conversation between colleagues from different campus entities became an opportunity for Illinois State University (ISU) faculty and staff to learn more about the rich cultural heritage and lived experiences of future ISU students from Chicago.
NCUE partners with the National Board Resource Center to provide culturally responsive PD
The goal of the National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) is to support Illinois State University’s rich history of teacher education through a focus on social justice and community-integrated teaching.
Truman Experience Day takes a new spin
What started as a kernel of an idea bloomed into a day of the college experience for two Chicago Public School High Schools this Spring.
SUPERCHARGE partnership brings innovative STEM programs to NCUE partner schools and communities
The National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) at Illinois State University (ISU) is excited to be a partner in a new STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) program created for Chicago high school students.
The return of in-person clinical visits
Over the last two years, the ISU National Center for Urban (NCUE) has continued to provide culturally relevant urban experiences to faculty and students via virtual platforms
Back Home: ISU NCUE grads return to Chicago Public Schools as teachers
The Illinois State University National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) is excited to announce that this February some of our recently graduated Illinois State alum will begin their teaching careers in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), joining the current 400 ISU NCUE graduates.
National Center for Urban Education shares the practice of listening circles across campus
Restorative practice is important to the classroom for educators to understand the benefits of relationships and community building with their students.
