D97 participates in statewide survey offered by U. of Chicago

District 97 middle schools don't rank as high on leadership as the elementary schools, according to data in a climate survey taken by faculty in all 10 schools.

The results are part of a survey taken last spring by many school districts in the state. Developed by University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research, the survey measures teachers' and students' responses in five core areas of a school's learning environment. The "5Essentials" include a school's effective leadership, how involved families are, and how supportive the learning environment is. The 5Essentials survey also looks at how collaborative teachers are and how ambitious the instruction is...