AI Guidebook
GenAI offers unprecedented opportunities to enhance classroom interaction, personalize learning experiences, and foster an innovative learning environment for our students.
Annual Regional Analysis (ARA)
The Annual Regional Analysis (ARA) was created to provide families with a clear set of information about schools in your community.
Arts Education Plan
The Arts Education Plan 2.0 is a bold and forward-looking vision for what is possible for arts education in every school, for every student, across every neighborhood.
Back to Our Future
Back To Our Future helps youth who have become disconnected from Chicago Public Schools by connecting them with a 9-to-12 month program designed to get them back on track to complete their education.
Black Student Success
The Black Student Success Plan (BSSP) sets a clear path forward for the next five years, with a focus on immediate action and long-term sustainability for driving student success. The plan is built on and will be driven by the powerful voices and collaboration of the community.
Chicago Connected
Chicago Connected is a groundbreaking program that will provide free high-speed internet service to approximately 100,000 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students.
Community Partnerships
The Community Partnerships Office works closely with school community stakeholders to advance CPS’ Five Year Vision and build processes that empower communities to improve educational opportunities in their neighborhoods.
Continuous Improvement and Data Transparency
CPS is completely redesigning its predecessor – School Quality Rating Policy (SQRP). Continuous Improvement and Data Transparency (CIDT) is a completely new way of looking at school ratings and plays an important part in the district’s Five-Year Vision.
Cultivate Survey
Cultivate is a student survey that gathers their perspectives on their learning experiences and overall sense of belonging in their classroom communities.
Curriculum Equity Initiative
The Curriculum Equity Initiative is a comprehensive plan for resources, programs, policies, structures, and technologies.
Energy and Sustainability
CPS is committed to conserving, protecting, and sustaining our natural resources by implementing programs that reduce consumption, minimize waste, and increase renewable resources used throughout the district.
Equity at CPS
To achieve the CPS five-year vision, the district established equity as a core value that drives our commitment to eliminate barriers to success and ensure equitable opportunities for all students.
Healing-Centered
CPS has embarked on a long-term effort to transform itself into a more healing-centered district to ensure collective wellness for all CPS students, staff, families, caregivers, and communities.
Healthy CPS
Healthy CPS seeks to eliminate health-related barriers by providing schools with guidance and support to adhere to state and district health and wellness policies.
Lead with CPS
Through Lead with CPS, you will learn how roles across the district are aligned to a universal set of leadership competencies and discover opportunities to develop in those areas.
Moving Forward Together
Moving Forward Together is an unprecedented investment to address students’ social and emotional needs, accelerate student learning, and prepare students for success beyond the pandemic through a holistic, equity-based approach.
The Chicago Families Forward Fund
Families have been through a lot over the last year due to COVID-19. Removing barriers to school is very important. The City and CPS would like to help.
Supporting the Whole Child
CPS is committed to ensuring that every student in every school is healthy, safe, supported, challenged, and engaged by using a holistic approach that connects physical, mental, and social-emotional health with academic success.
Teach Chicago Tomorrow
Teach Chicago Tomorrow recognizes that many of our students have a dream to teach, and works to connect them with programs and resources that will help them achieve that dream in CPS.
