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A new analysis predicts K-12 enrollment in Chicago could be as low as 262,000 by 2025 — down from 378,000 a decade ago.
University of Oregon President Michael Schill will replace former president-elect Rebecca Blank, who stepped down after learning of a cancer diagnosis.
Props to librarians everywhere after search of Trump’s home, possibly to collect missing materials.
Whitney Young H.S. selects new principal, only its 4th in 47 years, to replace retiring Joyce Kenner
Assistant Principal Rickey Harris takes over the prestigious Near West Side school. Harris has served two stints at Whitney Young, his first from 2006 to 2010 as the school’s dean of students before returning in 2020.
The state’s largest school district by far was surprisingly categorized Friday in the second tier of financial need — a move that comes with a corresponding drop in funding.
“I’ve definitely had guys tell me this is a boy’s thing and I really don’t need to say anything to them. I just prove them wrong,” said Isabel Loza, 17, a senior in high school and a member of the Green Galaxy racing team.
The holiday cuts the state’s portion of sales tax on select supplies, clothing and footwear.
“I was super, super excited and so thankful that this principal has a vision and knows his students deserve this and is making it happen with a really tight budget,” Nora Wiltse said.
An attorney for King, the founder of Urban Prep Academies, denied allegations he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student.
The 12th annual “Take Flight College Send-Off” provides 175 college-bound students with dorm room essentials and a new laptop.
In June, school leaders said they were considering admitting girls as soon as fall 2023 as a way to address “elusive growth” for single-gender Catholic schools.
King’s departure comes as the charter school network is under investigation by the school district’s inspector general amid financial turmoil, WBEZ reports.
“Today is a proud day,” Daniel Lopez, president of Harold Washington College, said Friday. Lopez attended the school he now heads up as an undocumented student.
The Chicago Board of Education approved a policy Wednesday that prioritizes transportation for students with disabilities and homeless students. In other action, the board stopped short of requiring masks in schools this fall and approved a contract to keep cops in some buildings.
The George Washington High School teachers who led protests against General Iron’s move to the Southeast Side will get warnings instead.
The Chicago Teachers Union says the teachers, including a hunger striker, are being retaliated against for embarrassing Mayor Lightfoot. The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday.
The new shortfall in the district budget for the upcoming year was revealed Monday. The new payment plan comes after months of discussions between CPS officials and the Illinois State Board of Education.
The policing program at CPS has undergone major changes the past couple of years after widespread protests called for the removal of officers from schools.
The plan is contingent on the school system receiving approval from the Board of Education for its $70 million share of the new high school.
The former Harold Ickes site has been vacant since 2010, and now Chicago Housing Authority officials are looking to lease the land to CPS. South Side residents say low-income housing promises made to the Black community by elected officials have gone by the wayside.
The nation’s third-largest public school system with 290,000 students in 513 district-operated, non-charter schools, CPS has only about 90 schools with full-time librarians.
He was ousted this week. Ald. Roderick Sawyer said, “We are concerned for a president who has done such spectacular work for our community college ... to be so unceremoniously fired.”
Former Ald. Michael Scott, the son of a former Chicago Board of Education president, is being appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
“The telescope works, and it works brilliantly. Our knowledge about the universe is about to take a giant leap forward,” said Jacob Bean, a University of Chicago astronomy professor.
The revamped courts are named after 1985 alumna and former pro tennis player Katrina Adams, who attended a ribbon-cutting at the school Tuesday.
Renowned economist Rebecca Blank would have been the first woman to serve as Northwestern’s president.
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