Thousands of students of Chicago-area high school students found themselves back in a physical school for the first time since March to take the SAT…
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Parents Criticize Special Education Cuts at CPS Board Meeting
Parents, students and teachers protested cuts in special education funding before the Chicago Board of Education. Angie Chavero, whose 8th grade daughter Daisy Chavero, has a…
April 1: UChicago Neuro Experts to Crack the Brain’s Toughest Riddles in TED-Style Talks
April 1: UChicago Neuro Experts to Crack the Brain’s Toughest Riddles in TED-Style Talks “Brain Teasers: Cracking the Mind’s Toughest Riddles” on campus, free and…
Unicoi Studio Turns Art Class into a Carnival
A painting of a tree stretches up the lime-green wall of Unicoi Art Studio; its swirling branches curl into tendrils. Clay dolls of Darth Vader,…
Free Film And Discussion “Chicago’s School Closings”
Film Screening, Research Presentation, and Discussion – open to the public, free. Hosted by the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research and The…
Maywood Youth Mentoring
Doris Smith said programs like Maywood Youth Mentoring helps her raise her three young grandchildren. “I get a lot of information from the events,” Smith said. “This…
New Military Academy for Logan Square
Despite the complaints of Logan Square residents, teachers and students, Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) and Mayor Rahm Emanuel made the unpopular decision to turn Ames…
What About the Common Core and America’s Future
Chicago isn’t in Florida, but issues of the competitiveness of our workforce, and education’s role in strengthening our workforce and making us competitive on a…