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 […]

2022 TLC Highlights

From white papers on post-pandemic best practices to reviews of university teacher training programs to evaluations of schools’ social emotional learning programs, The Learning Collective continued to expand its services and partnerships across eight states in 2022. Teamed with Central Michigan University and Venn Education to create a guide for 57 urban, suburban and rural […]