Chicago Public Schools Settles $1.25 Million Case For Student Who Attempted Suicide and Later Died
Chicago Public Schools has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the mother of a student who was bullied at one of their schools and died...
Chicago Public schools
Meet The Transformative Business Leader Preparing Chicago’s Students Of Color For ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’
Leap Innovations CEO Phyllis Lockett transforms public education to get Chicago's students of color ready for the fourth industrial revolution...
Chance the Rapper and Lyft are Raising Money for Chicago Public Schools
For the second consecutive year, Chance the Rapper has partnered with Lyft to empower Chicago public school students....
Chance the Rapper Crashes Coding Class in Chicago and Makes $1 Million Announcement
Chicago fifth-graders at Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Paideia Academy received a pleasant surprise on Wednesday when Chance the Rapper walked into their coding class. During...
Chicago’s Butler College Prep Stands Out
Here’s a really great feel-good story out of Chicago, a city that has become nearly synonymous with gang violence. And here’s what I love—the boys...
Murdered Man’s Daughter Sets Up Scholarships for Young Black Men
In 1982, a man was gunned down in Chicago. He was the father of former CNN executive Tenisha Taylor Bell, now CEO of the Ezekiel...
Chance the Rapper Against All Odds
Chicago is a major American city, but it’s also one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Last night my husband and I...
Chance the Rapper Talks Education with Illinois Gov
It’s not every day that a rapper makes an appointment with a state governor to discuss education. But that’s exactly what’s happening....
Equipping Our Kids — The STOP Shows How to Interact with Police
That sentence alone needs to give us pause. Bryant doesn’t look suspicious. He’s rather a nice-looking regular guy who smiles easily and has intelligent eyes....
Economic Facts Affecting Your Child’s Education | Fact 13
There is strong evidence that a variety of high school‑age interventions, most of them targeting students from low income and minority backgrounds, have successfully increased...