Education
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Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education.
Tuesday’s announcement is the latest in a series of cuts the school has made to programming and staffing in an attempt to plug the $38 million budget deficit.
Los Exalumnos Latinos de la Universidad Northwestern han unido fuerzas para apoyar a la familia, compartiendo una campaña de recaudación de fondos para ayudar a financiar un desafío legal contra la deportación de los padres de uno de ellos.
CEO Pedro Martinez said he doesn’t regret rebuking the mayor’s request that CPS take out a loan to cover a budget shortfall, which ended up costing him his job.
CPS’ 1,200 Safe Passage workers monitor the streets to keep students safe. They could face cuts as CPS confronts a $529 million deficit and reviews vendor contracts. CPS says it wants to continue the program.
Steve Carell, channeling his Michael Scott character, held a dance break with graduates to “That’s Not My Name” by the Ting Tings. And, sharing his own wisdom, counseled grads to turn their “jealousy into admiration and use it to fuel your ambition in a positive way.”
The Latino Alumni of Northwestern University organization has rallied behind the family, sharing a fundraising campaign to help a legal challenge to the parents’ deportations.
His titles included Mr. Chicago, Mr. Illinois, Mr. America “Most Muscular” and Mr. America “Best Chest.’'
The middle schooler faced years of bullying as educators struggled and failed to suppress it. CPS has added investigative muscle but still lacks capacity to tackle a rise in complaints.
The summer program for students will run through August and offers participants a free personal pan pizza from Reggio’s Pizza.
The money will go to the university’s Urban Education Institute within the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice.
Students enrolled in Chicago Public Schools attended their last day of school Thursday. Many classes had planned celebrations to welcome summer vacation.
Macquline King, the senior director of educational policy in the mayor’s office, will take over as interim CEO as the school district tries to close a $529 million deficit.
Hiring freeze at Northwestern University among measures taken amid rising costs, federal uncertainty
The wave of money-saving measures comes after the Trump administration’s decision to freeze $790 million in federal funding to the school in April.
The graduation ceremony for John A. Walsh, which Pedro Martinez attended, was held at Benito Juarez Community Academy, the high school he graduated from. “I want to thank the community and most importantly the district, which has given me so much,” Pedro Martinez said.
DePaul told the organization, Planned Parenthood Generation Action DePaul University, that the university does not allow student groups to work with outside organizations “whose core missions are in direct conflict with the values and teachings of the Catholic Church.”
The federal preschool program also supports infants up to age 3 in home-based child care centers. Funding levels are still in flux under the Trump administration’s proposed year one budget.
The Chicago School is accepting applications for the Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine, which is set to begin classes in fall 2026.
The money will be used to create the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine, according to a release.
The school’s flagship campus, which has the second largest number of international students of all public universities in the country, could be hit hard by Trump’s plan to revoke Chinese student visas.
Michael B. Erickson, 20, was arrested Monday afternoon in DeKalb. Authorities conducted a search of his dorm room and collected multiple electronic devices containing thousands of images of suspected child sexual abuse material, authorities said.
Three undergraduate students at the University of Chicago won a new housing challenge for proposing a citywide vacancy tax. The tax would fund affordable, infill housing.
While president is actively whitewashing the past, lazy AI is just getting the facts wrong.
Incarcerated students accepted their diplomas from Augustana College at a commencement inside East Moline Correctional Center.
The remarkable result was a first in the school’s 50-year history, Principal Rickey Harris said, and the result of collective work by students, parents and teachers. Less than 1% of students who take the ACT college admissions exam nationally achieve a perfect score of 36.
