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Lawmakers, Chicagoans' views on CPS are worth your attention
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 hours agoThere’s a lot to unpack in a just-released Public Agenda poll on Chicago Public Schools, but the most troubling finding — the takeaway that should be uppermost in the minds of adults — is that ...
Chicagoans give CPS a ‘C,’ say students are not learning enough
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 21 hours agoDespite years of trying to convince Chicagoans that public school students here are making...
The Rundown: Chicagoans give CPS a bad grade
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 11 hours agoThe poll was conducted earlier this year by NORC at the University of Chicago and released to WBEZ/Sun-Times exclusively. To improve struggling schools, ...
The suicide crisis among young Black and Latino Chicagoans demands action
Chicago Sun-Times· 21 hours agoFindings from our new study published in the American Journal of Public Health confirm that Black...
Chicagoans are torn over school choice, a new poll shows
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 21 hours agoFrustrated with the lack of programs at the public school down her block, Candace Lampkin could be a...
▶️ Listen Now: Meet the Chicagoan telling deaf and immigrant stories through animation
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 7 days agoSchantelle Alonzo creates animated films for and about underrepresented communities like the deaf,...
Chicagoans wait until Mother’s Day to mow, hoping to help imperiled bees
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe lawn in front of Annette Peterson’s Riverside bungalow stands maybe 2 inches higher than the...
'Shame of Chicago' examined housing bias; let's do the same for job discrimination
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days ago“Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation” not only provided a glaring, and at times shocking, account...
After repeated blasts of smoke last summer and one of the driest winters on record, Chicago enters...
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoAfter repeated blasts of thick and smelly wildfire smoke last summer and one of the warmest and...
Illinois warning sirens to be tested Tuesday after postponement for storms
CBS News· 1 day agoWhile the most famous instance was not recent, air-raid sirens have caused confusion in Chicago...