This comes to Chicagotalks via Progress Illinois, just in time to help you make up your mind about who to vote for in the election on Tues. Feb. 22. This particular video was produced by Carissa Williamson and Iesha Pompey who are students of Teresa Puente, Assistant Professor at Columbia College. The interviewees bring...
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It was a question everyone else had trouble answering – except Shanika J. Finley. The Realtor, one of six candidates running for alderman in the 37th Ward, didn’t hesitate to answer the question that had stumped three other candidates, including incumbent Emma Mitts. Did the candidates support exempting the Chicago Public Schools from losing revenue...
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Image via Wikipedia Just before Terrance Little took over as principal of Wendell Phillips High School on July 1, he took a quick tour of the school and one word came to mind: “Chaos.” “It looked like a zoo,” Little said.  “If a school doesn’t look like a school, then it’s not a school.” With...
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Bonjour! It’s time to head to Europe for fun and learning! Journalism professors Rose Economou, Yolanda Joe and Joe Ziomek are heading up a group that includes 25 students who will be “Covering Europe” for the intense education and fashion-filled J-Term (January term) course called “Covering Europe: Paris, Brussels & The Hague.” You can...
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By Reginald Williams Marisa Sepulveda said she sends her daughter, Karolina, to St. Francis de Sales High School on Chicago’s Southeast Side because the school offers “a true perspective on good morals and religious beliefs.” Sepulveda said the small high school, which has 265 students, enforces “a lot of discipline and teaches values and...
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The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC,) 1751 W. 47th St., is one of the oldest nonprofit community organizations in the United States. The council serves a great area of Chicago’s South Side and neighborhoods within the community. Residents of these communities experience high unemployment, juvenile delinquency, poor housing and education problems. The...
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The line of approximately 3,500 people stretched around the block in Chicago’s South Loop. The wait lasted for two hours as parents and potential students tried to get inside of Jones College Prep High School. They were not there to just see the school. They were standing in line for one of the best...
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From Campus Progress By Matt Bors Oct. 27, 2010 via America’s Growth Industries – Campus Progress.
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A report by Center Square Journal The Old Town School of Folk Music is planning an August 5 groundbreaking on a new arts education facility at 4543 North Lincoln Avenue. Read more at Center Square Journal
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Image by Fibonacci Blue via Flickr A report from the Newstips Blog: As new and old reports at Catalyst and Gapers Block indicate, CORE’s victory in the recent teachers union election reflected the group’s activist orientation and commitment to grassroots organizing, in schools and with communities. “We energized the grassroots,” said one CORE member. CORE came...
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