Members of the Glencoe Families Partnership are pictured here at a luncheon hosted by New Schools for Chicago and the CME Group Foundation on Tuesday, April 26 at the W Hotel in Chicago.

The event recognized and celebrated innovators and educators in the Chicago charter school movement, especially donors who have supported New Schools for Chicago, previously known as The Renaissance Schools Fund. Glencoe Families Partnership has been critical to the philanthropic venture fund, whose mission is to radically improve outcomes for children by establishing high-quality public education options in communities that need them most. Since 2004, New Schools for Chicago has tripled the number of charter schools, has established 13 new charter school networks, and has changed the lives of thousands of young people.

The 28 families of the Glencoe Families Partnership were major supporters of that initiative by committing more than $560,000 to Noble Street Charter-Johnson College Prep in Chicago’s Englewood community.

At the April 26 event, New Schools for Chicago unveiled its new name and set a bold goal to raise $60 million to open another 50 new high-performing charter schools in the next five years by replicating top-performing school models. Based on New Schools for Chicago’s projections, this campaign will result in 10,000 additional high school graduates and 12,000 additional college-bound students by 2020. Find out more about New Schools for Chicago at www.newschoolsnow.org.