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The birds, the bees and consent: How one Chicago classroom navigates evolving sexual education
Chicago
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Leadership & Management

Chicago
June 13, 2019

Top Chicago principals receive fellowships to hone leadership skills, boost school improvement plans


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Questioning authority

Chicago
June 13, 2019

City Council education chair promises more public meetings, increased involvement in Chicago schools

Breaking school-to-prison pipeline

Chicago
June 12, 2019

Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx floats new proposal to reduce in-school arrests

Fresh research

Chicago
June 12, 2019

A law made it harder to expel Illinois preschoolers. But it’s been slow to catch on.

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Early childhood

Race for mayor

Chicago
February 11, 2019

How to help Chicago’s younger learners? Mayoral frontrunners skip a chance to say.

Chicago is in the first year of a four-year universal pre-kindergarten rollout, and the city’s next mayor will determine much of the fate of the program.

city hall watch

Chicago
February 6, 2019

Why Rahm Emanuel’s rollout of universal pre-K has Chicago preschool providers worried

Rahm Emanuel’s big-budget, top-down expansion of public preschool has provoked high anxiety among community providers.

cry for help

Chicago
November 20, 2018

View from the child care trenches: ‘Those of us cleaning the poop are not making it’

Escalating costs, tougher rules and a critical shortage of qualified staffer endanger the survival of infant centers, day care programs, and community-based preschools.

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Dreaming big

Chicago
June 11, 2019

For one undocumented student in Chicago, graduation marks both hard work and years of uncertainty

Itzayanna is undocumented, and she is graduating into one of the most supportive, and yet one of the most uncertain, times to be an immigrant student.

First Person

Chicago
June 10, 2019

I’m a longtime education advocate. Here’s why I’m hopeful about Chicago’s next chapter.

In my time in Chicago, I certainly have not witnessed anything this broad, this inclusive, or this deliberate to make sure diverse voices in our city are heard.

easing the shortage

Chicago
June 7, 2019

‘A good start’: There could be some changes coming for Illinois teachers

Seeking to ease a dire teacher shortage, Illinois legislators did away with an entry test, enabled payment to student teachers and allowed retirees to substitute longer.

celebration

Chicago
June 7, 2019

Parent mentors celebrate graduation, program expansion: ‘Each day I know I accomplish something’

New school board President Miguel del Valle delivered the commencement speech for more than 900 graduates from Chicago's parent mentor program.

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Diversity & Equity

Future plans

Chicago
June 6, 2019

Chicago schools equity chief promises new decision-making tool this summer

The former Tilden High School principal said that his office plans to begin showing its work sometime in the next few months.

High school admissions

Chicago
May 23, 2019

Some feared GoCPS would drive high schoolers to charters, but enrollment is up at neighborhood schools

About 100 more Chicago Public Schools freshmen enrolled at neighborhood high schools during the 2018-19 school year, an increase of 1 percent from the previous year.

Changing course

Chicago
May 22, 2019

Chicago to shelve free pre-K at popular Lincoln Park magnet school

Trimming back a yearslong benefit for families in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, the Chicago school district has proposed charging parents nearly $14,000 a year.

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getting to graduation

Indiana
3 days ago

Once dropouts, these adults returned to high school. Now, they’re planning for college and careers.

Students from three Indianapolis Excel Center charter schools earned their diplomas Thursday evening, with many of them overcoming tremendous obstacles along the way.

'Clarity 2020'

Newark
3 days ago

Superintendent León unveils long-awaited plan to build ‘stronger, wiser’ school system

The plan, called NPS Clarity 2020, hints at some specific initiatives while calling for the redesign of nearly every aspect of the school system.

aftermath

Tennessee
3 days ago

As Memphis responds to Brandon Webber’s death, school leaders look for new ways to help students

Some have wondered what else could have been done while he was in school to prevent his death.