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The University of Chicago - Lab School_

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Learning by doing has guided the efforts of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools since Professor Dewey opened its doors over a century ago. Beginning with a handful of primary grade children from Hyde Park and growing to over 1700 students (nursery through grade 12) from throughout the metropolitan Chicago area, the Laboratory Schools have earned a well-deserved international reputation for excellence.

Our mission is focused on students. We are more than just test scores and college admissions statistics. We are about learning well and complementing the work of one of the world's premier institutions of higher learning, the University of Chicago. Our academic program is rigorous, but we are as interested in the development of character as we are in scholastic achievement. Alumni from all over the world regularly attest to how well they were prepared for life by the Laboratory Schools. In short, we are among the leading independent schools in the nation and pride ourselves on creating conditions for a purposeful search for knowledge and truth.

The Laboratory Schools represent the best that America has to offer with students who come from a rich variety of backgrounds. We view this diversity as a strength, representative of the world in which we live. In fact, we believe that the Lab Schools need to be experienced in order to be appreciated. Prospective students and their families have been visiting us for over a century to determine if the Laboratory Schools are the right fit for them.

The Lab is not currently a Blackboard customer, but is interested in SLATE's expanding dialogue about LMS solutions in the K-12 arena.

Insitution Links

Institution: http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/about/
Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/labschool/
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Statistics

Institution Categrory: K-12
Term: semester
Number of Active Courses per Term: 1000+
• Number of Online Courses:
0
Number of Faculty: 300
Number of Students: 1700
Group, Organization, Association Memberships: Committee on Institutional Cooperation Learning Technology Group (CIC)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Curt Lieneck
Director
Information Technology
The University of Chicago Lab School
1362 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
clienec@ucls.uchicago.edu
phone: 773.834.1863








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