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America's schools are producing a generation of techno-peasants
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (402+ words) Take a look at declining test scores and chronic absenteeism. They help explain why millions of jobs go unfilled....
What's the most memorable summer job you had growing up in the Chicago area? Here's what you told us.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (21+ words) Readers tell us about working at the Museum of Science and Industry, Taste of Chicago and corn fields during past summers....
Chicago school board bars candidates from taking CPS vendors' campaign contributions
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (510+ words) Board President Sean Harden says the resolution approved by the board is aimed at protecting “from the optics of pay to play.”...
Chicago Public Library Foundation names new CEO
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (408+ words) Eva Giglio has been named the new CEO of the Chicago Public Library Foundation. The Chicago Public Library Foundation has named a new CEO Wednesday, five months after the death of its former leader. The foundation, which raises private funds…...
CPS parents are still waiting for state to properly fund schools
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (633+ words) Let's ensure all children have the opportunity to succeed. Also, Social Security, Supt. Larry Snelling's retirement, schooling Trump on communism, and lead pipes....
Dear Abby: Dater with pair of suitors weighs long-term outlook
1+ week, 1+ day ago (11+ words) Also: Student wonders, will all this studying guarantee a happy future?...
As more colleges shut down, this one in Palos Heights lives on virtually
1+ week, 1+ day ago (904+ words) Students walking on campus at Trinity Christian College before the school in Palos Heights was closed in May. Glass doors lead into the light-filled lobby of a red brick and limestone chapel at one end of a grassy quad, where…...
Bowen High — Schurz High School's overlooked architectural doppelgänger — gets recognized at last
1+ week, 3+ day ago (857+ words) Bowen High School, 2710 E. 89th St., has been nominated for a National Register of Historic Places listing. Carl Schurz High School is an architectural marvel: An absolute Prairie School beauty at Milwaukee Avenue and Addison Street that rightfully earned city landmark status…...
Can Illinois’ newest state agency improve early childhood services? Officials hope so.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (233+ words) The new Illinois Department of Early Childhood is responsible for home visiting, early intervention and early education programs that were previously handled by three separate agencies. State officials hope putting these programs under one roof will make it easier for…...
Altgeld Gardens' 'Up Top' building to return to tip-top shape as an after-school center
1+ week, 6+ day ago (464+ words) By The Hand Club For Kids' renovation would revive an often overlooked building that was designed by noted architects then became the birthplace of the environmental justice movement....