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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  Beating the Odds: An Analysis of Student Performance and Achievement Gaps on State Assessments  Research Brief: Supporting Successful Transitions to High School Leadership  Managing for Results in America's Great City Schools  Urban School Board Survey Public Confidence  Did you know?  Good News About Urban Public Schools  Council PSAs  50 Years of Service to Urban Public Schools What's New:  Application for the Richard R. Green Award Program  PRESS RELEASE: Study Shows Urban School Students Reach Highest Levels Ever On State and Federal Tests  BEATING THE ODDS: An Analysis of Student Performance and Achievement Gaps on State Assessments  PRESS RELEASE: Seven More Urban Districts Step Up to National Test  PRESS RELEASE: Big City School Districts Improve In Eighth-Grade Writing on National Test  Remarks by Council Executive Director Michael Casserly at Press Conference on Urban NAEP 2007 Writing Results  Call for Presentations 2008: Submit a Proposal For Presentation at the Council's 52nd Annual Fall Conference  New Research Brief: Supporting Successful Transitions to High School  PRESS RELEASE: Statement by the Council on America's Promise Alliance Report on High School Graduation  Council's Birmingham News op-ed: "City Schools at Key Juncture" Upcoming Events:  Bilingual, Immigrant and Refugee Education Directors Meeting: May 8-10, 2008, Austin TX  E-Rate Meeting: June 3-4, 2008, Providence RI  Student Information System Symposium: June 3-4, 2008, Providence RI  Chief Information Officers Annual Meeting: June 4-7, 2008, Providence RI  Public Relations Executives Meeting: July 5-6, 2008, Arlington VA  Curriculum and Research Directors Meeting: July 16-18, 2008, Chicago IL  Annual Fall Conference: October 22-26, 2008, Houston TX