Lessons Learned from Culture & Climate Renewal Visits in Chicago
In late 2023, The Learning Collective led 23 in-person renewal visits of charter schools authorized by Chicago Public Schools. Most of those visits (18) focused exclusively on schools’ culture and climate. This is a new direction, begun in 2022, that CPS’s Office of Innovation and Incubation and The Learning Collective have embarked on together. Theory […]
Large-Scale Charter Renewal Visits
In Fall 2022, Chicago Public Schools engaged The Learning Collective to lead the in-person renewal visits, and report writing on those visits, of 20 of its authorized charter schools. The evaluations are one or two days in length and focus on one or more of the following three areas: