- Home
- Making News
- Entertainment
- Chicagoans to Watch
- Sports
- Beyond the Game
- Archive Beyond the Game
- Special Series
- Live from Chicago Municipal Election Day 2015
- Redmoon’s Great Fire Event
- Primary Preview
- Issues in Justice
- May Day -Live 2014
- Forgotten Dead Series 2013
- 2012 Election coverage
- NATO live reporting 2012
- 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners 2012
- 2011 TIF Investigation with NYTimes and Chicago News Cooperative
- State and County College Campus Safety investigation 2011
- Illinois General Assembly Scholarships 2009
- Chicago Transit Series 2008
- City Council Hiring 2008
Parents Criticize Special Education Cuts at CPS Board Meeting
Parents, students and teachers protested cuts in special education funding before the Chicago Board of Education. Angie Chavero, whose 8th grade daughter Daisy Chavero, has a learning disability, denounced the plan. “I was saddened to hear the news about the proposed cuts to special ed,” Chavero said. “When I went to school, I didn’t have the […]
Share this:
Iraqi Badminton Champion Shares Passion with West Ridge Elementary School.
June 30, 2015 Comments Off on Iraqi Badminton Champion Shares Passion with West Ridge Elementary School.
In 2000, then 15-year-old Mohammad Chyad a member of Iraq’s National Badminton Team and also worked as a translator. Then, after the U.S. Invasion of Iraq in 2003, everything changed. No longer feeling safe in his home country Chyad applied to come to the United States. It took nine years for Chyad’s hope to come […]
Share this:
Columbia College Softball Team Hopes to Play Fall Season
June 9, 2015 Comments Off on Columbia College Softball Team Hopes to Play Fall Season
Columbia College Chicago has finally landed a women’s softball team but difficulty finding participants is preventing the team from competing. The team officially joined the Renegade’s athletic department during the 2014 fall semester and hoped to compete during the 2015 spring semester but Alexis Knox, a sophomore advertising major and one of the team’s founders, […]
Share this:
Thomas Kelly High School Seeks to Improve Marketability
April 17, 2015 Comments Off on Thomas Kelly High School Seeks to Improve Marketability
Members of Thomas Kelly High School‘s Local School Council (LSC) at an April meeting discussed ways to improve its visibility and reputation in its Brighton Park neighborhood. Kelly, which is part of the Chicago Public Schools system, is located at 4136 S. California Avenue on the southwest side. It serves nearly 3,200 students, more than […]
Share this:
Lane Tech College Prep Extends Timeline for Principal Hiring
April 13, 2015 Comments Off on Lane Tech College Prep Extends Timeline for Principal Hiring
Members of Lane Technical College Prep High School’s local school council agreed on Thursday to extend the hiring period for a new principal until April 28. “We want enough qualified candidates to make a wonderful, educated decision,” said Lisa Applebaum, parent and chairwoman of the council. Applebaum approved the selection of a new principal to […]
Share this:
On the Road to Literacy Conference Builds Bridges for Adult Education Learners
April 3, 2015 Comments Off on On the Road to Literacy Conference Builds Bridges for Adult Education Learners
Over one quarter of Chicagoans lack the basic literacy skills that are necessary to function competitively and communicate effectively in society. Low literacy affects everything from high unemployment rates to violent crime and overcrowded prisons. Over the years, the On the Road to Literacy Conference has become a point of reference in surveying the achievements […]
Share this:
The School Project: “Testing Season” Watch Live on Tuesday
March 31, 2015 Comments Off on The School Project: “Testing Season” Watch Live on Tuesday
The School Project: “Testing Season” Tuesday, March 31st at 5 p.m. on CAN TV27 and online at cantv.org/live or below. NOTE: There is no video until 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The School Project‘s “Testing Season,” is a documentary that explores parents’ and educators’ growing resistance to high-stakes school testing. For updates on upcoming live coverage and video of […]
