Principal Mather was selected for his dedication and leadership at Lindblom, which has become under his tenure the city's top-performing majority African-American school in Illinois and the only top-20 ranked school that has over 60 percent of its students on free or reduced lunch.
In his nine years at Lindblom Math & Science Academy, Mather has worked tirelessly to transform the institution. He attributes the school's success to the hiring of outstanding teachers, building a culture of excellence and creating an empowering climate for educators and students. Mather has represented the Chicago Public Schools at Harvard University's PELP (Public Education Leadership Program), was an inaugural member of the College Board's Leadership Institute for Principals, has been part of Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management's "Leading Successful Schools" program, and was selected as one of two Chicago principals to participate in New York's Cahn Fellows Distinguished Principals Program for the 2012-2013 school year at Teachers College.
During his tenure, Lindblom has built the largest Mandarin program in the Chicago public schools and the largest non-heritage Arabic program in the United States. In addition, Mather was instrumental in the seven-year, $2 Million contract Lindblom signed with Baxter International to host the Biotechnology Center of Excellence (BCoE), a teacher training center in biotechnology.
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In his nine years at Lindblom Math & Science Academy, Mather has worked tirelessly to transform the institution. He attributes the school's success to the hiring of outstanding teachers, building a culture of excellence and creating an empowering climate for educators and students. Mather has represented the Chicago Public Schools at Harvard University's PELP (Public Education Leadership Program), was an inaugural member of the College Board's Leadership Institute for Principals, has been part of Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management's "Leading Successful Schools" program, and was selected as one of two Chicago principals to participate in New York's Cahn Fellows Distinguished Principals Program for the 2012-2013 school year at Teachers College.
During his tenure, Lindblom has built the largest Mandarin program in the Chicago public schools and the largest non-heritage Arabic program in the United States. In addition, Mather was instrumental in the seven-year, $2 Million contract Lindblom signed with Baxter International to host the Biotechnology Center of Excellence (BCoE), a teacher training center in biotechnology.
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Chicago Tribune
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