State Senator Toi Hutchinson visits Beacon Hill School. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Beacon Hill Youth Committee’s School’s Out, Safe Summer Camp recently welcomed State Senator Toi Hutchinson for a visit as she toured potential sites for a Beacon Hill Community Garden. The senator is providing funds for the[Read More…]
Schools
Boys’ Behavior Focus of Free Program at GSU
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)– August 6, 2013 – The Metropolitan Institute for Leadership in Education and the Family Development Center at Governors State University are sponsoring a free lecture and discussion focusing on boys’ behavior and socialization. Parents, educators and social service providers will benefit from this free presentation by author[Read More…]
Chicago Officials Tour Kindergarten Classroom Benefiting from First Year Ever of Full-Day Kindergarten for All CPS Students
This Fall, for the First Time Ever, CPS Will Provide Universal Access for Each and Every CPS Student to Attend a Full, 7 Hour Day Kindergarten, Impacting Over 30,000 Children Mayor Emanuel visits with children at Tonti Elementary School – Photo Credit: Brooke Collins // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 5,[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs ‘Rocky’s Law’ for Illinois’ Student Athletes
New Law Requires School Districts to Provide Catastrophic Accident Insurance for Injured Students CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2013. Governor Quinn today signed major legislation that requires public and private school districts to provide catastrophic accident insurance for high school students who are injured while participating in school-sponsored or supervised athletic events. Known[Read More…]
Six States Awarded Supplemental Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. Departments of Education (ED) Secretary Arne Duncan and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin will each receive a supplemental award from the 2013 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant fund to improve quality and expand[Read More…]
Hollywood Reporter Ranks DePaul Among Top 25 Film Schools
Film students at DePaul University shoot a scene under the direction of Matt Irvine, right, director of the School of Cinema and Interactive Media, which was just ranked by The Hollywood Reporter among the nation’s top 25 film schools. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2013. DePaul University was recognized[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announce the Start of IL Dream Act Training for Counselors at Chicago Public Schools
Training will Insure Immigrant Students Receive Accurate, Helpful Information about Opportunities Available CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Mayor’s Office of New Americans (ONA), and the Chicago Public School (CPS) Office of Pathways to College & Career/K-12 Counseling & Advising announced the start of professional training for school[Read More…]
Roosevelt Students Take Pharmacy Practice Into Global Health Arena with Research and Field Experience in Haiti
(PharmD students Gordana Milosevic, left, and Bill Hunyh, right, are pictured above in Haiti). CHICAGo–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. A professor and two students at Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy are helping the poor in Haiti to not only obtain medications but also to understand directions that need to be followed when taking prescriptions. The[Read More…]
Gov. Quinn Announces That DePaul is One of the Chicago Area Universities to Receive Capital Grant Funding
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, listens to the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president of DePaul University; describe the new classroom building on the Lincoln Park Campus that houses the departments of English and history of art and architecture. The building was funded in part by a grant from the[Read More…]
Reps. Schneider, Duckworth, Foster Support Student Loan Deal
Compromise Reverses Doubling of Student Loan Rates WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Bill Foster (IL-11) voted in favor of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (HR 1911), a bipartisan compromise that reverses the July 1 doubling of student loan rates from 3.4 percent[Read More…]
