Juan Rangel
In 2004, UNO developed the UNO Charter School Network (UCSN), which includes the Octavio Paz Primary and Intermediate Campuses, as well as the Rufino Tamayo Campus. He has since expanded the UNO network to include six campuses in Chicago and one in New Orleans. Three more campuses, including UNO’s first high school, are scheduled to open in the Chicago area in the fall of 2008. This upcoming expansion brings UNO’s network to nine school campuses and makes UNO the single largest charter school operator and management company in Illinois, as well as the largest national Hispanic charter school operator.
In 2001, Mr. Rangel co-developed the Metropolitan Leadership Institute (MLI), aimed at engaging young Hispanic professionals in the public arena, including political, corporate, governmental, and non-profit spheres. The MLI is a year-long training program that incorporates UNO’s 20+ years of community organizing experience toward the development of Hispanic leaders within metropolitan Chicago. By May 2008, over 150 individuals will have graduated from the program throughout its six-year existence.
Prior to joining UNO in 1992, Mr. Rangel was the Training Coordinator for Illinois Fiesta Educativa, a training and advocacy organization for disabled Latinos. He is a past fellow (1997) of Leadership Greater Chicago and in 1999 was included in Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40”—a list of prominent Chicago leaders. Mr. Rangel was also the recipient of the 1999 Hispanic American Construction Industry Association’s (HACIA) Visionary Award. In 2004, Mr. Rangel received Operation Push’s Public Servant Award and was honored by the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois for his work in Education Advocacy. Mr. Rangel has a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University.
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December 4 • EdWeek profile questions motives of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
November 10 • You can now read Diane Ravitch’s op/ed on 21st century skills in the Boston Globe, Providence Journal, Metro West Daily News, Lowell Sun, and Quincy Patriot Ledger.
November 3 • Education Week highlights Common Core's concerns about the appointment of a P21 leader to a key Dept. of Education post.
November • Lynne Munson and Richard Kessler explain why arts education is vital in the November 2009 issue of Parenting magazine.
October 10 • Diane Ravitch's recent op/ed on 21st century skills has been reprinted in the Providence Journal.
September 16 • A group of prominent scholars, teachers, education reform advocates, and union leaders issued a statement today expressing concern about the program put forth by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) and calling for its revision. Press Advisory (pdf)
September 15 • Common Core’s Diane Ravitch shows how dated the idea of “21st century skills” really is in the Boston Globe
July 13 • Common Core’s Lynne Munson raises concerns about national standards at convention of the American Federation of Teachers. (PDF document)
July 9 • In USAToday Common Core’s Lynne Munson argues that a comprehensive education is more likely than a STEM education to produce new scientists.
July 2 • A USAToday editorial cites and links to Common Core’s “Still at Risk”" study which showed how little our 17-year-olds know about history and literature.
June 2 • Common Core releases Why We’re Behind: What Top Nations Teach Their Students But We Don’t, a report showing that the nations that consistently outrank us on international comparison tests provide their students with a fulsome education in the liberal arts and sciences. Why is this news? Because the U.S. is moving further and further away from this model. Read brief excerpts from the documents featured in the report here.
