Selective colleges face pressure to drop admissions policies that help alumni children
The Supreme Court is expected to ban race-conscious admissions, raising questions about legacy admissions policies that disadvantage underrepresented students.
The Supreme Court is expected to ban race-conscious admissions, raising questions about legacy admissions policies that disadvantage underrepresented students.
The mayor promised the 46 buildings left would get a second life. The Sun-Times and WBEZ visited every building and community to see what happened.
The city said the students would be better off, their new schools transformed and the closed buildings would be reborn as community assets.
In a new series, WBEZ talks to people who make schools run. Meet Catholic school building manager Joseph Hermle or “Papa Joe.”
Barack Obama credits Lilydale First Baptist Church on the South Side — where he spoke with 30 students — and its pastor for helping him find his way.
The map reflects the city’s demographics rather than the minority-heavy CPS student body. Lawmakers on Tuesday said it’s only a first draft.
Education played a central role in Johnny Pippins’s life inside prison after a murder conviction, and in his request for clemency.
“These people were my counselors, my backbone,” Mya Nash said of faculty who went on strike recently. Many students supported their walkout.
Ms. Lenz created a nonprofit model of reporting education news that has been replicated across the country.
Lawmakers in Springfield also plan to pass legislation giving the State Board of Education a deadline for the changes.