At Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards, showing up and wearing masks are a snap. But can Hamline pinpoint students’ academic holes and fill them?
Author: Maureen Kelleher
Could 100,000+ CPS Students Drop Out?
After a full year of pandemic schooling, data show that nearly a third of CPS students could become truant. Truancy–lateness, skipping school, cutting class–is the top of the slippery slope that leads to dropping out.
Back to School at Richards HS
Chicago Unheard will be checking in with Richards High School students and staff as the new school year unfolds. Here are some thoughts from students on going back.
Roseland Peace Parade on Saturday
At 1 p.m. this Saturday, Roses in Roseland will kick off its second annual Peace Parade. Registration begins at 11 a.m. at 119th and Michigan. From founder and community organizer Cleopatra Draper: Together, the people of Roseland and neighbors from all over Chicago will demand peace during the summer, promote common-sense gun reform, community investment and safety! Please join us for…
Golden Apple’s Alan Mather: Excellent Teaching Is Culturally Responsive
Golden Apple Foundation’s Alan Mather talks about how excellent teaching has evolved to meet the twin challenges of a global pandemic and a national reckoning on racism.
Compromise Elected School Board Bill Passes Illinois Senate; Must Return to House
In the last minutes of this year’s legislative session, Springfield took a big step toward creating an elected school board in Chicago.
Will the Elected School Board Bill Beat the Clock This Time?
The Illinois legislative session will wrap up very soon, and we don’t yet know whether the bill to create an elected school board in Chicago will come to a vote in the Illinois State Senate. According to yesterday’s Chicago Tribune, “Senate President Don Harmon of Oak Park indicated Wednesday that an elected school board proposal previously approved in the House would…
Parents Speak Out on Elected School Board
This week, Chicago Unheard will host two parent conversations about the proposals to change how the Board of Education is selected. The Illinois State Senate is examining two bills: one would create a 21-member, fully-elected school board; the other would have 11 members, eight appointed by the mayor and three elected. Today, our friends from Kids First Chicago will hold…