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South Side Students Gain Hands-On Experience at Obama Center with Lakeside Alliance
Lakeside Alliance, in partnership with the carpenters’ union, hosted an interactive workshop, offering students mentorship and career exposure in carpentry, engineering, and construction at the Obama Presidential Center (Photo Credit: Nicole Joseph). On a recent Saturday, high school students from the South Side of Chicago had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
Beyond Debate: A Revolution in Education
In high schools across the country, there is a growing belief that debate-based pedagogies improve civility and academic success by encouraging students to think critically, engage in high-level academic discourse, and construct compelling arguments. We follow students in Boston and Chicago public schools to witness the methodology’s impact.
UChicago receives $60 million for Booth School of Business
The University of Chicago has announced a $60 million gift from alumni Clifford Asness (MBA’91, PhD’94) and trustee John Liew (AB’89, MBA’94, PhD’9) in support of the Booth School of Business and its Master in Finance program. In recognition of the commitment, the program will...
Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #130
Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. On the issues: The debate over year-round school schedules. In your district: Reader responses to chronic absenteeism survey. Chicago mayor appoints new school board following...
Paul Alivisatos Discusses Free Speech, Budget, and 2030 Climate Plan
In an exclusive interview on October 2, co-Editors-in-Chief Kayla Rubenstein and Eva McCord and News Editor Tiffany Li spoke with University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos. In his autumn quarter welcome email to the community, Alivisatos reiterated the University’s stance on free speech expressed in the Chicago Principles. The University announced on September 26, a few days before classes started, that it had received a $100 million donation dedicated towards free speech which it intended to use for the Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, and that it was launching a new climate and energy institute on October 30. The University also continues to face the financial challenges that came to light last year.
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