Chess Academy Foundation

Chess Academy Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) community-based nonprofit

educational organization dedicated to improving reading, writing and math

performance through the use of chess as a learning tool.

 

Chess Academy offers free chess programs to Title I Schools*

 

Contributions to the Chess Academy Foundation are tax deductible and go towards

extended learning opportunities for students in Title 1 Schools. Tax ID NO. 01-0958270.

 

The mission of Chess Academy Foundation is to to promote chess in the schools as part of the educational curriculum. Chess is a dynamic tool for differentiated instruction as it addresses all of Bloom's Taxonomy of Higher Thinking Skills, as well as Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. Many studies have linked chess programs to improved scores in reading and math, as well as improved self-esteem.

 Above Photo: Chess Academy Foundation Honors Mr. Tom Fineberg (center)

 for 45+ years of teaching chess in Chicago Schools and Park Districts.

 

Chess Academy Learning Center

 

Youth Chess Foundation of Chicago

 

Information on College Chess Scholarships

 

Home of the U.S. Chess Federation Chess in Education Committee

“We face in our modern, splintered world not only a crisis in education, but more pointedly a crisis of understanding - of thought and of willingness to engage in thought. Thinking tools like chess, help our minds expand, grow comfortable with abstraction and learn to navigate complex systems.” From the book "The Immortal Game" by David Shenk.

*Chess Academy offers free chess programs to Title I Schools that have selected Chess Academy as one of their onsite Reading and Math SES tutoring providers.

Please contact John at the Chess Academy for more information on classes and individual tutoring.

Tel: 1-773-414-2967 Fax: 1-800-986-1844 Email: chessteacher@comcast.net

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