Tim King
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Tim King | |
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
Education | Degrees in Foreign Service and Law from Georgetown University |
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Tim King (born June 15, 1967) is an American educator, non-profit leader, and the founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies, a network of all-male charter public high schools in Chicago. King and Urban Prep have received international attention for the fact that since the school's first graduating class in 2010, 100% of its graduates have been accepted into a four-year college or university.
Personal life
King was born in
Professional career
After completing law school, King was named President of Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago, an all-male, predominately African-American school on the city's South Side. While at Hales, King appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in an interview in which Oprah characterized him as an "Angel".[3] During King's five-year tenure as President of Hales, 100 percent of the school's graduates were admitted to college.
Two years after departing Hales, King founded a network of all-male public high schools, Urban Prep Academies, in order to address Chicago’s woefully low rate of college graduation for black males. Under King's leadership, Urban Prep Academies received charters from the
Awards and media
King has been recognized by
References
- ^ "Urban Prep Academies creates college-ready grads in tough Chicago areas".
- ^ "Mr. King's Class Goes to College – Vol. 73 No. 24". 21 June 2010.
- ^ UrbanPrepKing (30 January 2009). "Oprah's Angel Tim King". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
- ^ District, Chicago Park. "Board of Commissioners - Chicago Park District".
- ^ "Urban Prep Founder & CEO Tim King will be honored at the 2014 BET Awards - Urban Prep Academies".
- ^ "The Ebony Power 100 Ballers, Shot Callers and Who's Got Next". Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Urban Prep Founder and CEO Tim King featured as 'Trailblazer'"".
- ^ "40 Under 40 2006".
- ^ ""Tim King, prepping the next generation"". Archived from the original on 2011-10-30.
- ^ Bronner, Sasha (18 February 2012). "Characters Unite: The Moth And USA Network Host An Evening Of Storytelling With Octavia Spencer, Dustin Lance Black & More (PHOTOS)" – via Huff Post.