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After eleventh-hour plea from Mayor Brandon Johnson, Senate president likely to put school closing...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSPRINGFIELD — After a last-minute plea from Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Senate President Don...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker expresses support for expanded CPS school closing moratorium; House sends bill to...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDECATUR, Ill. — Putting himself at odds with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board, Gov. J.B....
‘Let the Little Light Shine’ Film Review: Black Chicago Students Fight for Their School and Their...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVarious sets of cameras, far different from the national-news ones obsessed only with Black homicide...
Chicago Mayor Frontrunner Targets Crime, Taxes to Court Business
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Chicago’s mayoral frontrunner Paul Vallas is taking a leaf out of Rahm Emanuel’s book...
America Has Too Many Schools
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoEDUCATION LOS ANGELES—In a huge city awash with tiny schools, few are smaller than the Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy. The public high school, housed in...
Hotter temperatures a threat to students in schools with no air conditioning
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDays into the school year, Amanda Turner and her students found the temperatures in her Baltimore...
It’s Time to Start Preparing Now for School Closures that Are Coming
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA version of this essay originally appeared on the Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. School...
As CPS reopens this week with extreme heat forecast, will schools be cool enough for learning?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOnce Chicago Public Schools parent Marcelina Pedraza arrived at George Washington Elementary...
Competing K–12 Visions Collide in Chicago Mayor’s Race
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe K–12 issues at stake in the Chicago mayor’s race were neatly distilled earlier this month, when...
There’s Lots at Stake for Districts & Kids When Underenrolled Schools Stay Open
The 74 via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAt a research conference in late March, Princeton economist Richard DiSalvo presented some startling...