Student loan repayment pause extended through August
This is the sixth time the moratorium has been extended due to pandemic-related economic disruptions in the last two years.
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Chicago Innovators: Building community one tire change at a time
The new DIY GRRL collective will teach practical, how- to skills like changing tires on a car or bike.
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Curious City asks students how racial stereotypes affect their relationships
Some Lincoln Park High School students expressed shocking views about interracial dating in a video posted to social media in January.
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Chicago teens open up about race, stereotypes and dating
Five teens talk about whether stereotypes affect their relationships and how schools can help students from different backgrounds relate.
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Chicago Public Schools is flush with federal COVID-19 relief cash but is spending little of it
A WBEZ analysis shows that 69% of the $536 million in federal COVID relief money CPS budgeted this year is unspent.
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CPS releases its calendar for the 2022-23 school year
Chicago Public Schools students are due back Aug. 22 for what would be the district’s earliest start in recent memory.
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Millions of children will miss healthy school meals when pandemic relief expires
A boost in funds and flexibility in how food is prepared and packaged was a lifeline for kids coping with hunger. But these measures, passed in response to COVID-19, expire in June, with no extension.
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How to address student learning loss, mental health after two pandemic years
Experts say focusing on re-socialization and the mental needs of students, staff and families will go a long way.
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Forty percent of CPS schools to see budget cuts amid enrollment declines
CPS says it’s giving low enrollment schools extra money and taking over $50 million in costs so principals can spend that money as they wish.
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Parents, students and teachers react to end of Chicago Public Schools mask mandate
Masks are optional in Chicago Public Schools as of Monday. How are parents feeling about the change?
