Key Takeaways

• When schools foster socioemotional development (SED), students are more likely to thrive in high school and beyond.
• Many 'school quality' measures miss the important ways in which high schools foster student thriving. 
• School climate is strongly and positively tied to school effectiveness.
• Effective schools are rigorous and relationship-oriented. 

Key Findings

• High schools that fostered eighth- to ninth-grade student growth across multiple dimensions positively influenced students’ social and academic tra

Chicago’s two mayoral candidates have starkly different visions for reckoning with the city’s steep enrollment losses and under-enrolled schools...

To address the teacher shortage, CPS developed Teach Chicago, a collection of targeted strategies to develop, recruit, and retain teachers in high-need schools. The Consortium is engaging stakeholders throughout the teacher pipeline to plan a rigorous mixed-methods study of these strategies, their efficacy, and the conditions that support successful implementation.

Steven Herkert is director of ROE services at Regional Office of Education 8. He is also a principal mentor with the Illinois Principals Association, and a passionate advocate for the 5Essentials Culture and Climate Survey. In this episode, he talks about mistakes he made as a principal, what he got right, and how principals can use data to make their schools better...

To support learning acceleration post-pandemic, and ensure all teachers have access to high-quality instructional materials, Chicago Public Schools developed an all-inclusive system of online curricular resources, called Skyline, as well as related professional learning (PL). The Consortium is conducting a three-year mixed-methods study examining the ongoing implementation of Skyline+PL.

The number of principals in Chicago Public Schools and across the state resigning from their jobs increased dramatically last year, records show, as the pressures of leading schools intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing burnout among educators.

As a Research Analyst at the UChicago Consortium, Kaitlyn provides data and analytic support across Consortium projects by cleaning and building large-scale databases. She is currently working to identify key indicators of student success and academic attainment for English Learners in Chicago Public Schools. Before joining the Consortium, Kaitlyn served as the Education Policy intern for Clarke County School District in Athens, Georgia.

What do successful marriages, sports teams and businesses have in common? A strong willingness to collaborate, listen to each other, even when there are disagreements, and value the input of others to come up with a plan that works for the whole.

When it comes to racial diversity among principals, CPS does a better job than many other urban school systems, per a new UChicago report analyzing data in the district.

Why it matters: Research suggests principals can affect student achievement nearly as much as teachers do, increasing pupils' learning by up to 3 months...

Jasmine Juarez took over as principal of Pilsen Community Academy on March 16, 2020. She was eager to meet her new staff and start forging relationships with them.

The next day, COVID shut down campuses across the state, including the Southwest Side elementary school.