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 our education process. Through ChiTech’s real-world learning programs, students gain access to resources in Chicago that they would not necessarily be able to access on their own.…
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 provider, the organizations have just completed the first full semester of Project Jumpseat. The program addresses the need to expose young ladies and students of color…
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 Trading, Thomson has seen success because of his fearlessness. Thomson spoke with nine students last week about seizing any opportunity that come…
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, announced today that it has been awarded a $3,500 grant from the PayPal Gives Corporate Advised Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The grant was recommended by PayPal’s…
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 vs. problem-solving with Design Thinking. http://www.schoolsthatcan.org/problem-finding-problem-solving/
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 works for the past 10 weeks and are in conjunction with multiple departments. For instance, English, Engineering, and Math may team up to do…
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!
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 are supposed to be and that no one gets left behind on the way back. Teachers need experiences outside of the classroom…
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