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I am a Columbia College senior with an aspiration to be a full-time journalist.
Renaissance 2010 High Schools in Austin Fight to Provide a More Quality Education for Students
Sharon Morgan sits at her desk surrounded by piles of paperwork and a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee. As she shuffles through the paperwork, she marks her calendar on the day where she plans to speak to her 7th and 8th grade students about completing applications for the best high schools in the city. With […]
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Creating a New Path: A North Lawndale Mentoring Program Helps Save Youth of Incarcerated Parents
December 22, 2009 Comments OffEvery morning, 16-year-old Justice McKinnley wakes up to the harsh reality that her father is not there; her father is in prison. She’s dealt with this for four years now, and her dad’s not due home until 2013. “Every single day it hurts that I won’t see my daddy,” said McKinnley. “Since my daddy got […]
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New Eco-Friendly North Lawndale School: From Power Plant to Educational Power House
December 7, 2009 Comments OffThe massive brick building at 931 S. Homan Ave. once housed a power plant to provide electricity and heat for the adjacent Sears & Roebuck headquarters. Now the building powers the minds of young people in Chicago. In September, Henry Ford Power House Charter High School opened its doors. Power House High is located inside […]
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Since 2008, North Lawndale College Preparatory High School and Collins Academy High School have shared the same campus. And while Chicago Public Schools combined the schools to save space and funds, the dual school has caused an ongoing controversy in North Lawndale. Helen Loving, secretary at North Lawndale College Prep, said that having two schools […]
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A controversial program that paid over $2 million to students for good grades has been quietly scrapped due to lack of funding, said Michael Scott, president of the Chicago Board of Education. “The goal was to add additional donors as the Green for Grade$ program progressed over the years,” said Scott. “Unfortunately, due to the recent state of the […]
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