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Editorial: Why Neo-Plessyism Failed to Improve Chicago Schools
An editorial cites the work of the Consortium and director Elaine Allensworth, urging policy-makers to pay attention to key research on sorting and school choice.
Morgan Park H.S. to Offer Dual Enrollment With Saint Xavier University
As Morgan Park High School prepares to rollout a new International Baccalaureate program, Mayor Emanuel cites the Consortium on Chicago School Research study that first highlighted the remarkable academic benefits of participating in IB.
The Big Sort: How Chicago's school choice system is tracking kids into separate high schools based on achievement
Consortium director Elaine Allensworth comments on the choice facing Chicago regarding systemic sorting, as the Consortium works on a report analyzing the effects of CPS's portfolio of schools model.
Author Camille Farrington talks about need to redesign American high schools
The Consortium's Camille Farrington discusses the need to redesign high school to help adolescents learn, based on her new book “Failing at School” and her work on noncognitive factors of learning.
Chicago Mishandled School Closures, Says State Panel
The Consortium on Chicago School Research prepares to release a followup study of CPS school closings as the district faces scrutiny.
Editorial: The Real Discrimination
New Report on Turning Around Low-Performing Schools
The Problem with School Accountability Systems
Harvard professor cites Consortium on Chicago School Research book findings: [CCSR] "liken 'turning around' troubled schools to baking a cake -- five key ingredients, including school leadership and quality instruction, must interact to enable real, sustained progress."
Petty Differences Mask Consensus on Teachers
UChicago CCSR study on the Charlotte Danielson teacher evaluation framework cited. Research showed considerable improvement over old evaluation system and establishment of shared definition of what good teaching looks like.
5 Essentials School Reports Provide “Annual Physical” on 600 Chicago Schools
On Tuesday, September 13, Chicago Public Schools publicly released for the first time more than 600 individualized school reports produced by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.