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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...
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.
UNCF Chicago Raises More Than $100K at 41st Annual Walk For Education
UNCF Walk for Education teams celebrate at the finish line (Photo Provided). More than 1200 supporters attended when UNCF (United Negro College Fund) held its 41st Annual Walk for Education recently along Chicago’s lakefront at South DuSable Lake Shore Drive at 39th Street in Burnham Park. The event raised...
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