Schurz High School's Cultivate-driven feedback-for-growth improvement work coincided with improved student experiences and out-of-school suspensions dropping to one-half of the prior year's number¶

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q1 i? In the 2024-25 school year, Schurz educators' Cultivate-focused improvement work was followed by positive student feedback, students feeling more welcomed, and out-of-school suspensions dropping to one-half of the prior year's number. → UChicago Consortium on School Research 2026

Evidence¶

UChicago Consortium on School Research 2026¶

UChicago Consortium on School Research. (2026). Family playbook: Centering student voice and experience. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/events-and-resources

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End-of-year reflections from the Schurz High School school spotlight case report that "Student feedback was positive" and that out-of-school suspensions dropped to one-half of the prior year's number. This is a single-school descriptive case with no comparison condition or test statistics.

"Student feedback was positive. They reported that their experiences improved, and they felt more welcomed at school •Out of school suspensions dropped to one-half of the prior year's number"

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