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Hope Chicago: A Unique Scholarship That Sends Parents to College, Too
The 74 via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen Nilsy Alvarado graduated from high school in Chicago nearly two decades ago, she had big plans...
Spending $400 million to build new jail doesn't address addiction or mental health crisis
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe year was 1972. Denny Crum scouted the best talent for what would become a nationally honored men’s basketball program for the University of Louisville. Sitting with the Southern Indiana ...
Amid drug abuse crisis, state mounts effort to recruit and train more counselors
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe state is spending $3 million in an effort to recruit and retain more substance abuse counselors...
The College Scholarship Secret Hiding in Plain Sight: Your Last Name
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoStudents who can trace their lineage to specific individuals—or just happen to have the same...
For these Chicago moms, college scholarships for their kids meant a scholarship for them too: ‘It’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLara Romero vividly remembers the first time she attended college nearly two decades ago, having just given birth to her first child, Salvatore, soon after graduating high school. It took Romero ...