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Using web survey data from principals and coordinators, vendor focus groups, and student and teacher surveys, the memo compares CoC schools with similar non-CoC schools, assessing collaboration, barriers, perceived effects, and changes in perceptions of safety and climate.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/","Research & Report",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/findings-from-an-investigation-into-the-culture-of-calm-initiative/587407/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/findings-from-an-investigation-into-the-culture-of-calm-initiative/587407.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"วิน","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-09","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",10,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"What is the Culture of Calm initiative and what goals does it target?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"The Culture of Calm initiative is a Chicago Public Schools safety program intended to improve school climate by strengthening leadership and staff commitment, behavior frameworks, staff and student development, community engagement, and performance management.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"How were participating schools selected and what was their general profile?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"CPS selected 47 high schools to participate, most of them neighborhood schools. 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These resources were used, to a large extent, to hire vendors that provided services to teachers and students in 47 high schools in Chicago.  \nThis memo will provide information to CPS about the perspectives of principals, coordinators, vendors, students, and teachers in the Culture of Calm schools. Data from a web survey of principals and coordinators, focus groups of vendors, and student and teacher surveys were analyzed to examine possible effects of the initiative.  \nCoordinators, principals, and vendors generally perceived their efforts in schools as positive. Most reported that, as a result of the initiative, school climate improved.  \nAlthough student reports of safety did not improve at a faster rate in Culture of Calm schools compared to other similar high schools, teachers’ reports ofa safe environment, marked by less crime and disorder improved at a significantly faster rate than in other schools.  \nStudent reports of academic personalism increased dramatically between 2009 and 2011 for Culture of Calm schools compared to non-Culture of Calm schools. Few other indicators of school climate improved substantially for Culture of Calm schools compared to other high schools.  \nIn late 2010, Chicago Public Schools initiated a new safety program called the Culture of Calm initiative (CoC) . The goal of CoC was to improve school climate by improving the following within schools:  \n􀁸 Leadership and staff commitment;  \n􀁸 Behavior frameworks;  \n􀁸 Staff development;  \n􀁸 Student development;  \n􀁸 Community engagement; and  \n􀁸 Performance management.  \nForty seven high schools were selected by CPS to participate in CoC. Most participating schools were neighborhood schools; only two were vocational. Twenty nine were predominantly African American, 11 were predominantly Hispanic, and seven were mixed minority. As Table 1 shows, most schools (94%) were located in what are now the south, west, or southwest side networks.  \nTable 1. Number of schools participating by network.  \n\n| Network name | \\# schools in CoC | Total \\# schools in network |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Far South Side | 7 | 12 |\n| North/Northwest | 3 | 27 |\n| South Side | 14 | 30 |\n| Southwest Side | 10 | 27 |\n| West Side | 13 | 46 |\n|  |  |  |\n\nCompared to students in neighborhood schools not in the CoC initiative, the students served by the CoC schools came from neighborhoods with higher adult unemployment, with more families living below the poverty line, and with higher crime rates. In addition, they had slightly lower incoming test scores, were more likely to be receiving special education services, and were more likely to be receiving free or reduced price lunch. The initiative was intended to work through a combination of mechanisms. As one part of the initiative CoC schools were provided funds that could be spent on professional development for teachers, mentoring for students, case management, and curriculum. Some activities directly involved school staff and changes in school practices or policies. For other programs schools hired vendors, often community organizations, to deliver services. Most schools had a designated CoC coordinator to oversee the efforts of both the school and its service providers.  \nSix of the 47 schools (Clemente, Farragut, Harlan, Julian, Manley, and Robeson) were selected as pilot schools. These schools received more financial resources as well as consulting support from the Central Office.  \nThe questions to be addressed in this memo are:  \n1. How was the initiative implemented? What strategies were used, and what roadblocks existed in implementing the strategies?  \n2. What were the perceived effects of the initiative from the perspective of coordinators, principals, vendors,  \n3. Have student and teac","cbCaif604CdXgshg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif604CdXgshg","pdf",1246529,35,"English","# Overview of the Culture of Calm investigation\n## Goals and program mechanisms\n## Participating schools and networks\n## Data sources and research questions\n# Implementation: Collaboration, integration, strategies, and barriers\n## Online principal and coordinator survey\n## Vendor focus groups\n## Collaboration and perceived partnerships","[{\"question\":\"What is the Culture of Calm initiative and what goals does it target?\",\"answer\":\"The Culture of Calm initiative is a Chicago Public Schools safety program intended to improve school climate by strengthening leadership and staff commitment, behavior frameworks, staff and student development, community engagement, and performance management.\"},{\"question\":\"How were participating schools selected and what was their general profile?\",\"answer\":\"CPS selected 47 high schools to participate, most of them neighborhood schools. 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