[Chicago, IL] – [August 1, 2024] – º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³ (CICS) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Beth Purvis, Ed.D. as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2024. Returning to CICS, where she previously led for over a decade, Dr. Purvis is set to guide the organization into an exciting new phase of growth and impact.

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Chicago, Illinois (September 11, 2018) - º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³ (CICS) has launched an Open Call for applications for the next cohort of its Education Entrepreneur Fellowship program. CICS’ flagship innovation and incubation program, the Fellowship, supports education innovators by providing them with the tools, networks, and resources necessary to bring their innovative classroom and school model concepts from ideation to transformational impact. Launched in January 2018, the Fellowship has resulted in the successful launches of the school transformation ventures, ChicagoRise and Empowered Community Schools, and the micro-lab ventures, Boy’s Lab and the Civitas Community Impact Experience.

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Chicago, Illinois (August 28, 2018) - º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³ (CICS) is proud to announce that Stephan McClain, Co-CEO of CICS school management (SMO) partner, Empowered Community Schools, and LeeAndra Khan, CEO of SMO partner Civitas Education Partners have been selected as Fellows in the 2019 class of the Chicago Urban League’s IMPACT Leadership Development Program. Additionally, Darrious Hilmon, CICS’ Chief of External Affairs will serve as a program mentor.

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Chicago, Illinois (August 13, 2018) , in collaboration with º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³, announces that , managed by Distinctive Schools, has been awarded a Wired to Learn grant from Relativity, a Chicago-based technology company.

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º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³ (CICS) has been closely monitoring the performance of its CICS Washington Park campus and anticipated that it would be put on a warning list by the Chicago Public School district.

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º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³ (CICS) announces the addition of two exceptional leaders to lead its innovation strategy. Eric Lavin will serve as the network’s first Chief Innovation Officer and Stephen McClain as the network’s Chief of Staff.

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