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Steve Millar’s 5 high school football games to watch in the Southland and Week 5 predictions
Richards, Lincoln-Way East, Oak Forest, Lemont and Nazareth are picks to click for the fifth week of the regular season. Richards (3-1, 2-0) at Argo (3-1, 1-1) Kickoff: 6 p.m. Friday. Matchup breakdown: Richards heads into this South Suburban Red game having scored 110 points over its last two outings, including Friday’s 68-12 rout of crosstown rival Oak Lawn. The Bulldogs have established ...
Illinois quick hits: Early voting begins; Rally planned over Chicago school closures
Early voting begins Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins Thursday in most parts of the state. Cook County and the city of Chicago will have early voting beginning early next month. Voters can vote in person at their local election authority’s office. In the weeks ahead, some election jurisdictions will have early voting sites set up with staff to field early voters. ...
Pritzker, pressed to comment, speaks on rift between CPS head, Brandon Johnson
Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke lightly on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s effort to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez on Wednesday. Pritzker first tried to duck the question and said the standoff between Martinez and Johnson was a personnel matter.
Chicago Public Schools on track to see slight enrollment increase in the 2024-25 school year
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.Chicago Public Schools is on track to see a rise in its official student enrollment this year, according to preliminary data revealed Thursday.More than 324,000 students were enrolled as of the 15th day of school compared to the same time last year – an increase of almost 2,800 students, according to data Bogdana Chkoumbova, chief education officer for CPS, shared during Thursday’s Board of Education meeting.The district typically uses enrollment and demographics on the 20th day of school as the official data for the school...
Chicago school board election 2024: Here are the candidates running in District 9
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.District 9, which extends from Morgan Park to Englewood, including parts of Roseland, Pullman, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham, has 95 CPS schools serving 34,128 students.The district is predominantly Black, with 76% of residents identifying as Black, and CPS enrollment reflects that, with 81.6% of CPS students in the area identifying as Black.All across Chicago, Black students face lower graduation rates and higher drop-out rates and suspensions than any other racial group. Data also shows that more Black students travel over 6 miles to school than any...
After CPS Slashes Funding, Chicago Debates Asks For Help Keeping Beloved Program Alive
BRONZEVILLE — A longtime program introducing students to the art of debate is looking to the public for help after Chicago Public Schools scaled back its funding this year. Chicago Debates works with CPS to enroll fifth- to 12th-grade students in competitive academic debate while helping schools build their own debate teams to participate in its debate league, bringing on teachers to act as coaches, according to its website. The nonprofit also organizes dozens of debate tournaments each year and runs a two-week summer camp for up to 150 middle and high school debaters.
Northwestern, U of Chicago, U of I Urbana-Champaign ranked among top 40 universities in US
Three Illinois universities are ranked among the top 40 in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's annual list for 2025.The list came out Tuesday.Northwestern University shot up to the no. 6 spot, tied with three other schools: Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and the California Institute of Technology.This is the highest ranking for Northwestern ever.The University of Chicago ranked 11th, tied with Cornell University.The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in in a four-way tie for the no. 33 spot, with the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California Davis, and University of California Irvine.The top ranked university nationwide is Princeton University.
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