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El campus se une a las protestas en todo el país para pedir a las universidades que dejen de invertir en empresas que apoyan a Israel.
Anti-war protests have swept college campuses in recent weeks as students support Palestinians in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, decry what they call censorship from their universities and call on institutions to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies supporting Israel.
The proposed legislation is the latest and most significant backlash to a December declaration by the Board of Education that it would no longer prioritize selective schools, refocusing resources to neighborhood schools burdened by years of cuts and underfunding.
Americans cast off a winning method to improve literacy. Replacing it with what?
The ruling Tuesday in favor of Rudisill, who’s now an FBI agent, also could help other long-serving vets tap college educational benefits for themselves and their families that they earned under more than one version of the GI Bill.
A proposed bill would prohibit the Board of Education from closing, changing admissions standards or drastically altering funding for selective schools at both the elementary and high school level.
The teachers union’s contract expires this summer. On top of raises for staff, it wants help for unhoused students and more dual-language education.
All schools that participated in the 2023 Pride Parade were denied entry this year, and teachers see irony in exclusion from “one of the most inclusive places that you can go.”
When a child is reeling from stress, trauma or hardship, the thinking part of their brain shuts down. Our money should be spent on high-dosage tutoring and other individualized approaches that are effective against illiteracy.
They used gravitational wave signals to discover a neutron star crashing into a mysterious object, believed to be a black hole.
“I just feel like I’m going to die paying off my student loans,” said one high school counselor in Southeast Chicago after the president introduced a plan to aid nearly 25 million more student loan borrowers. But a borrower in Pilsen said the program could “radically change my life.”
Tennessee State University has been hit the worst, having been underfunded by $2.1 billion over 30 years. Chicago State University’s funding has declined by 46% over the last quarter-century.
Principals received their school budgets for next year, the first under a new system that focuses on needs of schools, rather than enrollment.
The state has become one of an increasing number of states that have added financial literacy to its core curriculum, but experts say more could be done.
LSC elections on April 10 and April 11 are a chance to shape the direction of our schools and communities. Chicago should be proud that its schools are governed locally, by principals and community members who know our families and students best, an education leader writes.
The 10th District, where Che “Rhymefest” Smith is running, spans from Bronzeville through Hyde Park, South Shore and South Chicago to the southern border of the city. His opponent, Adam Parrott-Sheffer, a former principal and education consultant, was one of the first to file paperwork to run for the board.
The students from St. Ignatius College Prep were eating breakfast when the quake hit, breaking plates and shaking tables. Parents back home were worried. The students return Saturday.
Roommates and friends Ross Shapiro and Dylan Sunjic began hosting Chess Night at The Cove Lounge, where Diego Damis worked, in Hyde Park to bring people together. They plan to take the event to other parts of the city.
Charles Mills worked as a special education classroom assistant for 23 years at Jones College Prep in the South Loop. Sunday night he was struck and killed while crossing Pulaski Road.
The state has more than 271,000 English learners in public schools, but there aren’t enough bilingual teachers.
At the Museum of Science and Industry, there is an opportunity and responsibility to partner with schools and communities to burst open the school doors and allow the wonder of our exhibits and programs to offer new possibilities for learning and growth.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor, chair of the City Council’s Education Committee chair, said she’s disappointed that Johnson and his allies in the Chicago Teachers Union backed away from the fully elected, 21-member board he once supported. “This is not going to be as easy a transition as people think,” she said. “We’re used to a top-down system.”
Doctors say looking at the April 8 eclipse without approved solar glasses — which are many times darker than sunglasses — can lead to retinal burns and can result in blind spots and permanent vision loss.
Antoine Perteet, 33, targeted victims on the dating app Grindr, according to Chicago police.
Much of the public still knows little if anything about this year’s Chicago school board elections. But behind the scenes, candidates and special interest groups are gearing up for this opportunity to shape the city’s education system.
On Wednesday, female students will participate in ‘Step N’ Herstory,’ a dance performance incorporating footsteps, handclaps and spoken word representing the teamwork of sororities.
While the mayor and union appear in lockstep on their vision for the school system, the city likely won’t have the money for more staffing and resources in schools. So the CTU says it’s shifting its target from City Hall to Springfield.
The 43rd annual 8K run kicked off Sunday at Columbus Drive and Monroe Street. ‘It’s just a great experience, especially the feeling of running with a big group of people,’ said one runner about racing.
A poll taken of 700 registered Illinois voters purports to show which of those ideas has strong support and which do not.
Like a lot of students, Isabelle Dizon was looking for mental health support. The University of Illinois Chicago promised to help but never came through.
As part of a larger effort to remake Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education moves ahead with its latest policy change.
A nationwide shortage of school bus drivers since the COVID-19 pandemic began has persisted. Chicago officials must, by law, prioritize special education and homeless students.