In addition to celebrating her “Sweet 16”, 16-year-old Thessalonika Arzu-Embry will start a PH.D. program in aviation psychology this Fall. The scholar was home-schooled by her family in Great Lakes Naval Station, in North Chicago, and began her college career at the age of 11. “I feel honored for the opportunity to help others at an early age. I feel very…
Month: May 2016
WTH: Fix Illinois’ School Funding System
“A step in the right direction” “Moving Chicago students “toward equality” “An important step forward” These are words that leaders around Illinois were using to describe the school funding reform bill that narrowly passed out of the State Senate yesterday. These statements don’t make me feel like we are on the brink of any kind of sweeping reform becoming law in…
CHICAGO TWINS BOTH HEADED TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL
Kymon and Kemonte Harrington are seniors at Hansberry College Prep and have plenty to be proud of. The siblings, who just happen to be twins, were both accepted into Ivy League universities. Click here to read more at ABC 7 Chicago.
Readers Attribute Discontent in Chicago to Leadership and Social Ills
When Chicagoans were questioned about their city in a recent poll by the NY Times, they couldn’t help but to share what they love about it, along with what could use major improvement. Education seems to be the common cry: “I came to Chicago in 1974 and love this city. That said, I am not deluded about its myriad problems.…
Join the #Budget4IL Twitter Chat on May 17th!
What will it take to get equitable funding in Illinois? That seems to be the mystery question as the state waits for Gov. Bruce Rauner to approve a budget. Join us on May 17, 2016 at 8 p.m. as we discuss the matter at hand. Our panel includes: Chris Butler (Chicago Unheard), Peter Cunningham (Education Post) and Marilyn Rhames (Teachers Who…
Homeschool Is School Too: Happy #TeacherAppreciationDay
It has been a crazy day. But, it’s Teacher Appreciation Day and nobody has crazier days than the mighty souls charged with making sure our little ones get the education they need to protect both their futures and ours. So, if the President of the United States can find time to celebrate teachers today, I had better take a moment…
Should Chicago Parents Think About Our Own Public School Walk Out?
Yesterday, after a few premature reports that they had decided not to strike before the end of the year, the leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union announced that they had not yet decided when they will walk out of the city’s classrooms. Hmmm…makes me think even harder about the question that Marilyn Rhames raised a few weeks ago: If a…
Assata’s Daughters Protest On Lake Shore Drive, Demands Budget for Chicago State University
Chicago based activist group “Assata’s Daughters” recently staged a protest at the 2016 NFL Drafts, demanding a budget for Chicago State University. “Demanding justice for Rekia Boyd, who was killed in 2012 by Dante Servin, yet Servin has not been fired and is still receiving a pension, yet CSU is closing. So we are out here demanding that CPD fire…