Graduating senior says Chicago State professors helped her ‘shoot to the moon’
“These people were my counselors, my backbone,” Mya Nash said of faculty who went on strike recently. Many students supported their walkout.
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Linda Lenz, who kept generations of CPS parents informed through her nonprofit publication Catalyst, is dead at 77
Ms. Lenz created a nonprofit model of reporting education news that has been replicated across the country.
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Illinois wants to overhaul reading instruction
Lawmakers in Springfield also plan to pass legislation giving the State Board of Education a deadline for the changes.
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Chicago drops public school ratings in favor of a less punitive system for assessing schools
Chicago Public Schools board members say the new policy focuses on improving teaching and learning and creating an optimal educational experience.
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Chicago families plead for a second chance for their closing school
Hope Institute Learning Academy, which services students with special needs alongside general ed students, recently abruptly announced its closure.
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Illinois wants to revamp how reading is taught. Lawmakers want to give it a deadline.
Amid a national crusade around how reading is taught, lawmakers are weighing a bill to give Illinois until 2024 to come up with a new plan.
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Illinois students will learn Native American history under a bill pending in Springfield
Some existing lessons on Native American history are incomplete and possibly inaccurate, according to many Indigenous people.
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You could be the ‘Rockefeller of cannabis’ with these college courses
As Illinois’ legal pot industry and the demand for educated workers grow, schools and companies are collaborating on marijuana classes.
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Chicagoland is a rails-to-trails hub
The Chicago area has tons of bike and pedestrian trails built on old train and canal paths. More are coming to Bronzeville and Englewood.
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Can’t make sense of your college financial aid package? Here’s help.
Financial aid letters are notoriously hard to understand. With college decisions due soon, we offer a guide for making sense of your letters.
