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Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joining University of Michigan staff as visiting professor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will join the University of Michigan staff in the fall as a visiting professor, the university announced on Thursday.Lightfoot, who was the first Black woman and the first openly gay person to lead the city, will join the Ford School of Public Policy to co-teach a strategic public policy consulting class. According to a news release, graduate students will pair with social impact not-for-profit organizations in Chicago and Michigan "to solve challenges those groups are facing in the delivery of services in their respective communities.""I have started a not-for-profit whose...
Afternoon Briefing: Appellate Court backs CPS’ decision not to renew Urban Prep charter
Good afternoon, Chicago. Just days before Urban Prep Academy’s graduation, the institution was dealt a blow by an Appellate Court in Illinois’ 1st Judicial District, which ruled that Chicago Public Schools did not violate the 2021 moratorium on school closures when it voted not to renew the charter contracts for Urban Prep Academies’ two South Side high schools. The decision puts a wrench in ...
Childcare workers: Early childhood education 'at its breaking point' in Chicago
Chicagoans are facing a crisis when it comes to daycare and early childhood education, according to leaders with SEIU, who said the city needs to step in to help finance what the state and federal government are not covering.
CPS Elementary Students Show Gains in English, Math on State Assessment
Elementary students across Chicago showed gains on statewide testing in English and math for a second year in a row — improvements officials said were largely driven by Black students. Chicago Public Schools on Thursday announced that preliminary state assessment figures show students in grades 3-8 achieved gains in...
Lab Schools cuts German program, some sports teams
Anna Vermylen, a fourth-grader at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, and her father marched to the school early last Wednesday morning towing large rainbow signs that read “SAVE GERMAN.”. The Vermylens were among several dozen students, parents and teachers who had gathered before class on the last day...
At This Time: Late-night BP
Batting practice in the cage behind Evanston Township High School. “I don’t think anybody appreciates the amount of work and effort that kids put into playing baseball,” said Evanston Junior Varsity Coach Mark Metz when he saw this picture. “This is a little unusual, but not unheard of.” Here are Rylan Grimm (tossing), Emile Sulton (batting) and Sam MacKay (waiting his turn). They are rising sophomores hoping to make the JV team next year. Said Grimm: “We try to hit every day.” Said his prospective coach: “I may be biased, but there is no game more difficult than baseball.” (Photo by Richard Cahan.)
District 65 names new Lincoln Elementary School principal
During a chaotic school board meeting Monday that included a vote to close the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies and the appointment of a new chief financial officer, the Evanston/Skokie District 65 board also named the next principal of Lincoln Elementary School. Amber Samuels, a veteran Chicago Public...
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