Perspectives Charter Schools

Perspectives Charter Schools is a charter school network in Chicago, Illinois. The organization was founded by Kim Day and Diana Shulla-Cose, two teachers at Chicago's Dyett Middle School.^[1]

In 1993, Day and Shulla-Cose established their own small school within Dyett. They chose the name "Perspectives" to reflect their hope of changing the way their students saw themselves and the world.^[2] In 1997, Perspectives became one of the first charter schools in Illinois.^[3]

The school moved several times over the years and was expanded into a network of schools, serving both elementary and high school students. The five current Perspectives schools are as follows:^[4]

The Rodney D. Joslin Campus, which is housed in a building designed by Perkins+Will^[5]
Perspectives Middle Academy
Perspectives High School of Technology
Perspectives Leadership Academy
Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Academy

Athletics

Professional basketball player Anthony Davis attended the Joslin campus.^[6]

References

^ Kate N. Grossman. "When it comes to charter schools, copying is allowed". Chicago Sun-Times. September 5, 2006. 13.
^ Marvin Martin. "Schools offer a new perspective in alternative program". Chicago Tribune. November 20, 1994. 15.
^ Andrew Wang. "Rodney Joslin: 1944-2008". Chicago Tribune. January 31, 2008. 2C9.
^ Campuses. Perspectives Charter Schools. Retrieved on March 28, 2012.
^ Roger Yee. Educational Environments. Visual Reference Publications, 2007. 170.
^ Jeff Vorva. "National signing day: Perspectives-Joslin's Anthony Davis signs with Kentucky". Chicago Tribune. November 10, 2010. Retrieved on March 28, 2012.

External links

Perspectives Charter Schools

v t e Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
List of schools in Chicago Public Schools
K–12 schools	Ogden International School (K–8 zoned, high school unzoned)
7–12 schools	Disney II (magnet) Harlan (9–12 zoned, 7–8 unzoned) Kelvyn Park (7–12 zoned) Kenwood (9–12 zoned, 7–8 unzoned) Lane Tech (alternative) Lindblom Math & Science (alternative) Morgan Park (9–12 zoned, 7–8 unzoned)
Attendance area high schools	Amundsen Austin Back of the Yards Bogan Bowen Chicago Vocational (9–11 zoned) Clemente Corliss Curie (9–10 zoned) Dyett Farragut Fenger Foreman Gage Park Hancock (attendance zone phasing out) Hirsch Hubbard Hyde Park Juarez Julian Kelly Kennedy Lake View Lincoln Park Manley Marshall Mather Orr Phillips Richards Roosevelt Schurz Senn Steinmetz Sullivan Taft Tilden Washington Wells
Alternative and magnet high schools	Agricultural Sciences Alcott College Prep Brooks College Prep Chicago Academy Clark Magnet Crane Medical Prep DeVry Advantage Dunbar Vocational Jones College Prep King College Prep Northside College Prep Payton College Prep Prosser Career Academy Raby School for Community and Environment Simeon Career Academy South Shore Int'l College Preparatory Uplift Community High School Von Steuben Metro Science Westinghouse College Prep Young Magnet
Contract high schools	Chicago Excel Academy Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago Technology Academy
Charter high schools affiliated with CPS	Chicago International Charter School Chicago Math and Science Academy CICS Northtown Academy Noble Network Perspectives Urban Prep Young Women's Leadership Youth Connection Latino Youth West Town Academy
Military academies	Air Force Academy High School Carver Military Academy Chicago Military Academy Marine Leadership Academy at Ames Phoenix Military Academy Rickover Naval Academy
Attendance area K–8/PK–8 schools	Bell Clinton Arthur Dixon Nettelhorst Pritzker Sutherland
Alternative and magnet K–8/PK–8 schools	Inter-American Magnet School Lenart Regional Gifted Center
Middle schools	Phoebe A. Hearst Fine Arts Magnet School
Special education schools	Vaughn
Former high schools	Calumet Chicago High Chicago Talent Cooley DuSable Englewood Tech Flower Vocational Harper Harrison Tech Hope Las Casas Occupational McKinley Near North Robeson
Former 7–9 middle schools	Moses Montefiore Academy
Former K–8/elem. schools	Edward Jenner John Lothrop Motley Elizabeth Peabody
Works about CPS	'63 Boycott Central Standard: On Education Cooley High The Curators of Dixon School Educating Esmé Saving Barbara Sizemore The School Project
Other	2019 strike Administrative hearing of William McAndrew CEO/superintendent Chicago Annenberg Challenge Chicago Board of Education President Chicago Public High School League Chicago Public Schools boycott Chicago Teachers Federation Chicago Teachers Union Communities In Schools of Chicago Distance education in 1937 Local School Councils Renaissance 2010
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