The Chicago school system has stepped up recruitment efforts at Big Ten universities and other large Midwestern institutions. The outreach has yielded growing numbers of teachers for the city’s classrooms.
University | ‘95-'96 | ‘96-'97 | ‘97-'98 | ‘98-'99 | ‘99-'00 | Total |
University of Iowa | 13 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 89 |
Indiana University-Bloomington | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 67 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | 9 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 63 |
University of Chicago | 12 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 74 |
Michigan State University | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 68 |
Purdue University | 7 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 48 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 67 | 45 | 49 | 53 | 103 | 317 |
University of Michigan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
Ohio State University | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
University of Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
Northwestern University | 13 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 107 |
Total | 151 | 131 | 153 | 190 | 263 | 888 |
SOURCE: Chicago Public Schools.