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The FIVE WORST Colleges in Illinois for 2024
What qualifies as a "bad college?" One of the most crucial factors to consider when evaluating a college is its graduation rates. If your students aren't graduating from your college, what are you even doing? It's that simple. As someone who attended several different colleges and universities, I won't put...
Mayor dodges loan questions, says state 'owes' public schools
(The Center Square) – Mayor Brandon Johnson is not ruling out a loan to cover a Chicago Public Schools deficit of $500 million. There is no official answer on how the mayor will fill the budget gap, after he rejected cuts proposed by CPS administrators. “I have not changed my mind about investing in our children. I will never change my mind,” Johnson said. ...
Bridging the Gap: Preparing Students for Success Beyond High School
Source – www.forbes.com. Rahm Emanuel’s July 3 Opinion column, “How schools can zero in on dropouts,” highlights an initiative aimed at better preparing high school students in Chicago for life after graduation. The program requires students to present an educational or vocational plan to receive their diploma, offering advanced academic opportunities and counseling to boost graduation rates and college enrollment.
My Spy: Is Oak Tree Charter a Real Chicago Elementary School?
In the 2020 spy comedy, ‘My Spy,’ a hardened CIA operative, Jason Jones, also known as JJ, gets tangled in the personal affairs of his surveillance target, Kate. After finding out JJ’s real identity, the young, precocious daughter of Kate, Sophie, blackmails the grizzled veteran into training her to become a spy and accompany her wherever she goes. Subsequently, JJ visits Sophie’s Chicago elementary school, Oak Tree Charter, at a parent’s get-together event, where he garners the attention of the crowd and helps Sophie make some new friends. The school’s pivotal role in Sophie’s development is illustrated through her lack of friends and her desperate longing to escape her loneliness!
International students at DePaul struggle to find jobs in Chicago and on campus
On-campus jobs are increasingly competitive for students across the U.S., but especially for international students who are left with fewer options. First-year international students are not allowed to have jobs in Chicago, meaning on-campus jobs are the only option for these students who need to pay for their schooling or day-to-day expenses. This can be a challenge given the competitive nature of having to apply alongside DePaul’s population of over 20,000 students.
College-bound students get back-to-campus essentials thanks to scholarship program
CHICAGO (CBS) -- More than 100 college-bound students on the city's South Side had their trunks filled Thursday with all the back-to-school essentials.They were given a free laptop, backpack, and other essentials like bedding and a shower caddy at an event at the South Shore Cultural Center.The Trunk Scholarship Program is now in its 16th year. It is organized by Ada S. McKinley Community Services, and named after former Chicago Bear Revie Sorey.CBS News Chicago spoke to one senior who is headed to Howard University."It feels amazing, actually, to not have to worry about things that I need for my dorm," said Lailani Allison. "I'm excited about meeting new people, but also making more connections and just exploring the world."Scholarship winners answered the question, "Why obtaining a post-secondary education is important to me." The winning essays have been published.In addition to supplies, the top winners also received a cash award in the form of a gift card for fees and incidentals. The program has given out more than $20 million in college scholarships.
Chicago Board of Education Moving to New Sites for Remainder of 2024 to Allow for Repairs, Renovations
Chicago’s Board of Education will be moving the rest of its meetings this year away from its longtime home inside Chicago Public Schools’ central Loop office. The board this week disclosed that the remainder of its 2024 meetings will be moved to other locations after the regular board room sustained water damage when a pipe burst at a nearby business just before the board’s June meeting.
Elite University Profs’ Obstruction Charges Over Pro-Palestinian Protests Dropped
Four educators at Northwestern University had their charges dropped Friday after being arrested on Thursday for obstructing law enforcement during a pro-Palestinian encampment in April, according to ABC 7 Chicago. The four faculty members were previously charged with a Class A misdemeanor that would have landed them a $2,500 fine...
Chicago’s Noble Schools CEO Constance Jones stepping down after six years
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.The head of Chicago’s largest high school charter network is stepping down after six years on the job.Noble Schools CEO Constance Jones announced in an email to staff and families that she will “pass the torch to a new leader” and work with the network’s board and an outside consultant to find a new CEO.In a statement, Jones said she is focused on the start of the school year and plans on staying and overlapping with the new CEO “for several months to support a...
East culinary student wins scholarship
Samantha Lopez, (Morton East class of 2024) was among students recently awarded scholarships from the Illinois Restaurant Association Education Foundation (IRAEF) to pursue post-secondary education programs in culinary or hospitality. 100 students, teachers, donors, and industry mentors turned out at Tunnel in Chicago on July 13 to celebrate 48 deserving...
Fifth ward school to be named “Foster School” at groundbreaking, decades in the making
In 2005, Evanston native Jerome Summers started his fight to reopen a 5th Ward neighborhood school, Foster School, which he had attended through the fifth grade in the ‘60s. That is until he began getting bussed to the primarily white Lincolnwood Elementary as part of the city’s integration initiative that, he said, ended up being “terrible” for the community.
Northwestern’s Ex-Athletic Director Was Paid $1.2 Million In Severance For 9 Days Of Work
According to the school’s tax records, Mike Polisky was paid $1.2 million by Northwestern University for serving as the school’s athletic director for nine days before resigning in 2021. Sportico reports that Northwestern’s latest tax return, filed last week, reveals Polisky was paid a $750,000 severance in 2022 and another $476,190 in separation pay in […] The post Northwestern’s Ex-Athletic Director Was Paid $1.2 Million In Severance For 9 Days Of Work appeared first on BroBible.
Education Couture uses music to make reading fun
CHICAGO — When she was a little girl, Ruckiya Ross would read the dictionary for fun. She and her brother would even compete with each other to learn new words. So it’s not surprising to see Ross leading a presentation on phonemic awareness to pre-K children at Chicago’s Garfield Park Conservatory.
Latest construction plans reported for Fifth Ward Foster School
Over the next few weeks, site demolition and ground improvement for the foundation of the Fifth Ward Foster School will begin. Preliminary dates for the construction process were shared at Thursday’s school construction update meeting. Eight-foot fencing will go up around the site by the end of the month...
College journalists face stigma as they prepare to cover political conventions
In late June in Chicago, after a routine hearing in a federal lawsuit against the city brought by a coalition of protest groups that want closer access to the Democratic National Convention, the plaintiffs and their attorneys gathered in the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a short press conference.
Purdue University Northwest unveils plan to establish major quantum commercialization center
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) will join the Chicago region’s Bloch Tech Hub, a coalition of industry, academic, government and nonprofit stakeholders led by the Chicago Quantum Exchange and its focus on driving the nation’s quantum economy, university officials announced Thursday (July 18, 2024). PNW Chancellor Kenneth C. Holford...
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