Students and faculty at Columbia College Chicago held a protest rally and meeting Monday to denounce a planned reorganization of the school’s departments. The meeting was held to discuss new recommendations made by Interim Provost Louise Love in her “Blueprint Prioritization” outline, which she delivered the previous week. Love recommended combining the school’s Fiction...
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Disney II Magnet Elementary’s initiative with local chefs to provide a better understanding of nutrition for students continues to make progress with Chicago Public School officials. Shari Berland, an advocate member for Disney II’s Interim Advisory Council, said the school is in conversation with CPS to get the initiative underway. CPS is considering Disney...
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  Henry D. Lloyd Elementary School parents, staff and children prepare their final goodbyes after the local school council formally announced its decision not to renew Principal Fernando Kim’s contract, which expires June 30. Some say the decision, announced on Feb. 1, was a result of the school’s low Illinois Standards Achievement Test, or...
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Students and Professors join in protest and discussion about Columbia College‘s new “Prioritization” plan. Students are concerned about plans to eliminate the Center for Black Music Research and Chicago Jazz Ensemble. The students use the “mic check” approach to express their concerns to Vice President for Academic Affairs/Interim Provost, Louise Love.
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Our reporter, Caitlin Baxa, tracks the buzz from social media about the school protests. On Thursday, February 16, the Chicago Teachers Union released “The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve”, a report with recommendations on how to improve student academic performance and strengthen neighborhood schools. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV)....
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This campus safety investigation won 3rd place in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards. The conference is in Indianapolis April 13-14, 2012. SPRINGFIELD – Several state lawmakers say they didn’t know a law they passed after the Northern Illinois University shootings isn’t being enforced – and some vow to...
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The Chicago Plan Commission unanimously approved a proposal to build a new French multicultural and bilingual private school in Ravenswood Thursday. With the commissioners’ approval, Lycee Francais de Chicago (LFC), a preschool-through-12th-grade school that has operated in Chicago for 17 years, is set to relocate from its leased property at Irving Park Road and...
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A study by the University of Chicago released this week is highlighting strengths and weaknesses in Chicago Public Schools. The study is based on results of surveys of students, faculty and parents at each of the more than 600 CPS schools, including charter schools. The Chicago Consortium study, which asks questions pertaining to five...
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3rd Annual FREE Back to School Hair Cuts for Elementary & High School Students ***All High School students MUST Bring School ID or a Parent Must Be Present*** Monday September 5, 2011 from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the L&M Barbershop, 422 E. 87th Street, Chicago, IL 60619 The free haircuts are sponsored by 6th Ward Committeeman Freddrenna Lyle, the 6th...
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The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Gov. Pat Quinn is again asking state lawmakers to abolish a controversial legislative scholarship program that allows lawmakers to give scholarships to relatives. ChicagoTalks investigated this program extensively in 2009 and published an 11-part special report series. Read the series to see why Gov. Quinn wants to ban...
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