In 2020, NCS established a second Network for School Improvement (NSI) funded for five years by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This new network includes eleven CPS high schools that will work towards the high achievement of Black and Latinx 9th graders through racial equity work and continuous improvement.
This improvement network serves approximately 70 educators and administrators on Freshman Success Teams, who engage in frequent cross-school professional learning. The essential question for the network is, What do I/we need to know and be able to do to transform schools so that Black and Latinx students experience deep and joyful learning in our school communities?
NCS will also provide intensive equity-based coaching to educators in each school. As a result, we anticipate impacting at least 2,000 ninth-grade students annually.
