Real World Learning in a Big City
Chicago is full of opportunities, and ChiTech wants to take advantage of those opportunities for our students. In addition to project-based learning, real-world learning is an integral part of [...]
Futures Taking Flight at GoGo Air
Chicago Tech Academy High School is showing students that there are more career options than they could have imagined. Through a re-imagined partnership with GoGo Air, an in-flight internet [...]
If You Aren’t Curious, You Aren’t Doing It Right.
February 2 — Not all superheros wear capes. Seth Thomson, this week’s Power Lunch Series speaker, prefers a simple button up. A comic book salesman turned talk show host turned CIO of DRW [...]
Press Release: CHICAGO TECH ACADEMY RECEIVES PAYPAL GRANT FOR TECH CERTIFICATIONS PROGRAM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago, IL, February 3, 2017 –Chicago Tech Academy, an organization committed to inspiring, educating, and connecting the next generation of tech and entrepreneur leaders, [...]
Problem Finding Before Problem Solving
Check out this recent blog posted by Schools that Can, written by ChiTech’s own TJ Pavlov, Teacher and Real-World Learning Program Manager on the importance of solving the right problems [...]
Save the Date – 2017 Winter Exhibition
Each year, ChiTech hosts 2-3 exhibitions per year as part of its project-based learning curriculum. Exhibitions serve as public displays of students’ work. Many of the projects have been [...]
In the News: This tech academy is using project-based learning to close the STEM gap
ChiTech was again featured in an issue of eSchool News about our efforts to close the STEM gap through project-based learning in partnership with SAP. Read on to learn more!
Field Trips Aren’t Just for Students
When thinking about education and field trips most of us automatically see them as student experiences. The role of the teacher is usually a chaperone who makes sure all students are where they [...]