Chicago middle schoolers named finalists in NPR’s 2022 Student Podcast Challenge
Their podcast, “Holden Immigrant Experience,” amplifies the voices of immigrants around them.
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Stacy Davis Gates elected to lead Chicago Teachers Union
The incumbent vice president beat out two challengers, cementing the CORE caucus’ hold on CTU leadership.
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Meet the suburban students helping restore Illinois’ prairie
Some teens at Waubonsie Valley High are so into the project that teachers have to prod them to leave the prairie and go to their other classes.
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Stacy Davis Gates elected Chicago Teachers Union President, defeating two challengers
The current CTU leadership group was reelected in the union’s most hotly contested race since their slate came to power in 2010.
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The job market is booming. How can college graduates take advantage of it?
Labor experts say that job prospects are promising for the class of 2022.
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Chicago will stop forcibly enrolling some high school freshmen into military classes
After an investigation found that students at small, majority Black and Latino high schools were steered toward JROTC, CPS pledged to make changes.
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A mother looks to the friends of her slain child for a dose of healing and hugs
“It’s like my soul left my body,” said Chanell Holliday during a visit with classmates of her son. He was fatally shot on Saturday near The Bean.
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2022 grads reflect on college life dominated by the pandemic
“The pandemic just kind of changed my outlook,” one 2022 grad said. “Now I realize I can only take things day by day and see what happens.”
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CTU election could change direction, leadership of the union
Next week, CPS educators will decide whether the union will focus more on fighting for social and political issues or on teacher concerns.
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Artists are turning to NFTs to support abortion rights groups
Computer Cowgirls is a virtual group that’s selling digital art to raise funds for abortion rights groups.
