Lessons Learned from Culture & Climate Renewal Visits in Chicago

From 2022-2024, The Learning Collective has led 57 in-person renewal visits of charter schools authorized by Chicago Public Schools. Many of those visits have focused on schools’ culture and climate.  This is a new direction that CPS’s Office of Innovation and Incubation and The Learning Collective have embarked on together. Theory of Action: If we […]

Large-Scale Charter Renewal Visits

Chicago Public Schools has engaged The Learning Collective to lead the in-person renewal visits, and report writing on those visits, of dozens of its authorized charter schools. The evaluations are one or two days in length and focus on one or more of the following areas: