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168 Strengthening Communities with Neighborhood Data
Figure 5.3. Theory of Development from the Pilsen Bridge Neighborhood
in Chicago, Illinois
THE PILSEN BRIDGE:
Pathways for Better Transitions to
Kindergarten and High School
If . . . we improve student programming and parent
participation at two critical transition points in the
educational continuum—from early childhood education to
kindergarten, and from middle school to high school—and help students and their families make
successful transitions from each of these levels to the next,
Then . . . we will see increases in student academic and social-emotional preparedness,
matriculation rates and school performance,
Which will lead to . . . improved student achievement in elementary schools, increases in high
school graduation rates, and measurable gains towards preparing our students to graduate from
college and participate in the work world,
And over the longer term . . . we will create a stable, safer and economically thriving community.
INTERVENTIONS OUTCOMES KEY PARTNERS
1. Improve the quality and
quantity of early-childhood
development programs.
2. Create parent-child literacy
programs in local pre-K and
elementary schools.
3. Connect off-track students
to community-based
programs that will improve
their transitions to local
high schools.
4. Align curricula and create
teacher exchanges among
receiving high school and
feeder elementary and
middle schools.
1. More students are prepared
when entering kindergarten.
2. More students are on track
for reading by 3 rd grade.
3. Parents have an increased
comfort level in schools.
4. More students are on track
for 9 th grade.
5. High school graduation rate
improves.
6. High school dropout rate
falls.
7. Curricula are aligned from
middle to high school.
8. Teachers are better
prepared to assist in
successful transitions to
high school.
• The Resurrection Project
(lead)
• Chapin Hall, U of C (data
intermediary)
• Early childhood–El Hogar
del Nino, El Valor, Chicago
Commons
• CPS Elementary
Schools–Pilsen Academy,
Jungman, Cooper, Finkl
• CPS Middle Schools–Ruiz,
Perez, Orozco
• CPS High School–Juarez
• Instituto del Progreso
Latino, Casa Juan Diego,
Gads Hill Center, National
Museum of Mexican Art
Source: LISC Chicago.