The Chicago Vocational High School, located Chicago, offers personalized education to the surrounding community. It operates various minischools to continually address the educational needs of its student populace. The institute creates school culture that fosters intellectual inquiry, academic, vocational and technical excellence. It also prepares students for continued learning system. It offers an ongoing staff development program designed to improve the pedagogical skills of teachers that are sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation. The vocational school provides a variety of inquiry-based projects that extend learning beyond the classroom. The Chicago Vocational High School also offers various community-based learning on specific topics that include student work, student as a worker, vocational majors, senior final exhibitions, local school council, block scheduling, special education programs, sports programs and community and business partnerships.