In the first months of the pandemic, school leaders and state officials made a unified call for grace, an acknowledgment that students and teachers both had more pressing concerns than academic expectations: They relaxed grading policies, canceled end-of-year assessments, or directed teachers not to fail students because of work not completed during shutdowns.
A two-year developmental study in partnership with Teach for America Chicago/NW Indiana to study and support the implementation of UChicago Impact's Cultivate for Coaches survey tool to improve students’ classroom experience.
Click below to view a 90-second episode of GO FIGURE, with Elaine Allensworth explaining Figure 2 of this research (October 31, 2023).
Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) mission is to provide high-quality education for every student, regardless of their zip code, that prepares them for college success. Yet it’s been difficult to determine the extent to which a CPS student’s zip code might still matter in whether they graduate from high school and college.
At one Chicago elementary school, educators were so concerned about some students’ lackluster attendance they created a hall of fame — a bulletin board in the main hallway recognizing students who made the most gains in showing up to school.
High school EL students graduate at far lower rates th