Funding commitments from EquiTrust and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation will Expand Access to Math Tutoring Program that Helps Close the Achievement Gap between Black and White Students in Math by 60% CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. Mayor Emanuel today announced funding to expand the Match Education math-tutoring program to 1,000[Read More…]
Schools
This Week: Meet the SD 227 Superintendent Candidates at Public Forums
Olympia Fields, IL-(ENEWSPF)- High School District 227 is introducint the three finalists for the position of superintendent to the public this week. Tne finalist will be introduced to the public in a forum over the next three days, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 1, 2, and 3. The following is[Read More…]
New Art Exhibition on Display at South Suburban College Through April 21
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to present a new exhibition titled “News That Stays News” in the Dorothea Thiel Gallery on SSC’s Main Campus in South Holland. The art works–created separately by Burleigh Kronquist and Jenny Roberts–are on[Read More…]
Roosevelt University English Professor Receives Fulbright to Teach in Denmark
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Roosevelt University professor Lawrence Howe has been selected by the Fulbright Scholars Program to teach American Studies during the coming academic year in Denmark. Howe, professor of English and chair of the Department of Literature and Languages in Roosevelt’s College of Arts and Sciences, will be Distinguished[Read More…]
Lincoln Trio to Perform Works by Students on April 6 in Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. One of Chicago’s most celebrated music ensembles, the Lincoln Trio, will perform works for violin, cello and piano written by composition students at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 in the University’s seventh-floor Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave.,[Read More…]
Education Official: Profits from Student Loan Program ‘Are Used To Fund Government Generally’
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. At a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing yesterday on strengthening the federal student loan program for borrowers, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned witnesses about the profits the government makes off the student loan program and the Department of Education’s lax[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement Following Senate Hearing on Student Loans, March 27, 2014
Says his Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights would give help to millions of borrowers right now WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today submitted a statement for a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the federal student loan program and[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Visits Carl Von Linné Elementary School to Discuss Comprehensive Tax Reform Plan to Properly Fund Schools
Governor’s Budget Plan Raises Classroom Investment by $6 Billion Over Five Years—Largest in State History CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today visited Carl von Linné Elementary School in Chicago and discussed his fiscal year 2015 budget proposal and five-year blueprint to raise state investment in the classroom to its[Read More…]
University of Oregon ‘MOOC’ Aims to Help Teach English Language
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014 — The University of Oregon, through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of State and in partnership with Coursera, enters the MOOC world April 7 with the launch of a free, two-part Massive Open Online Course designed to help educators more effectively teach English as[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces City-Wide Strategy to Increase Access to a High-Quality, Cradle-to-Career Stem Education Pipeline for Students
Citywide STEM Strategy Seeks to Triple the Number of Students with STEM Credentials by 2018 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today a city-wide strategy to increase Chicago students’ access to high-quality STEM learning experiences from early childhood through college and career. The city-wide strategy will strategically bring together[Read More…]
