ExtraOrdinary Districts

Recent Episodes

ExtraOrdinary Districts Season 2 is Coming!

Posted October 18, 2019 • 00:03:36

We’re excited to announce season 2 of ExtraOrdinary Districts is coming in November 2019! Take a listen to this quick preview and then subscribe on...

Special Edition: Segregation, Integration and the Milford 11

Posted May 17, 2019 • 00:54:19

Delaware’s first African American attorney went before the state’s first Catholic judge in 1952 to ask that Delaware’s schools be desegregated....

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Chicago Part 3 – On the Ground

Posted November 12, 2017 • 00:27:00

Chicago Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson states that Chicago’s principal-development strategy is directly correlated to its improving graduation...

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Chicago Part 2 – Stumbling Toward Some Answers

Posted November 12, 2017 • 00:21:14

How would Chicago school district know what worked and what didn’t? With foundation help, the University of Chicago launched the Consortium on School...

ExtraOrdinary Districts: Chicago Part 1 – Nowhere to Go But Up

Posted November 12, 2017 • 00:25:37

In 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett flew into Chicago, declared it the “worst” school district in the country, and flew home, leaving...