New Rigorous Programmes Are Part of Efforts to Increase Opportunities for Parents and Students to Access to High-Quality Education in their Neighborhoods CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced today that Taft High School and Lincoln Park High School will become the[Read More…]

Hearing Focuses on the Overuse of School Discipline and Juvenile Court Referrals Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012. Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, held a hearing yesterday on the school-to-prison pipeline. The first-ever Congressional hearing on the[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012 – King College Prep students are sitting in demanding the principal resign. Students have occupied the gym and are refusing to go to classes until their demands are met. Students are outraged that the principal has fired quality staff and has imposed new rules that do not allow[Read More…]

Higher Education, MAP Grant Funding at Risk without Immediate Pension Reform CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by Illinois college students to discuss how inaction on pension reform is threatening Monetary Award Program (MAP) college scholarships and access to higher education in Illinois. One after one, the[Read More…]

First-ever Hearing to Be Held on School-to-Prison Pipeline WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 201w2. Congress can help dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline with legislation that would promote positive alternatives to punitive and exclusionary school discipline practices that plague many classrooms around the country, the American Civil Liberties Union will urge a Senate committee. The[Read More…]

University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Never stop learning could be the mantra of the students in The Knowledge Exchange, sponsored by Governors State University. Classes are offered for adults on a wide range of topics. Registration for winter classes begins on December 17.  Classes begin on January 18 and are held Fridays,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012. “These 2011 international assessments provide both encouraging news about our students’ progress and some sobering cautionary notes. “The encouraging news is that U.S. fourth grade students have made significant progress in reading and mathematics in the last five years, and our fourth graders now rank among[Read More…]

Expansion Increases Chicago Students’ Access to High-Quality Education Options; Announcement Comes on One-Year Anniversary of Innovative College to Careers Program, Helping Chicagoans Prepare for Careers in Fast-Growing Fields CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) Chancellor Cheryl Hyman and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- When Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163’s fifth grader Khalia Smith arrives home from school she watches an episode of the reality investment program “Shark Tank” that she has recorded. The show’s business tips and the research she and her teammates undertake about investment possibilities help them[Read More…]

Student volunteers for Marian Catholic’s Open House – Back Row: Sarah George ’14, Chicago Heights; Heather Tilton ’14, South Chicago Heights; andMaureen Volkman ’13, Flossmoor; Middle Row: Marissa Brink ’13, Chicago Heights; Courtney Fuhrman ’14, Schererville; Front Row: Nicole Stevenson ’13, Homewood; and Troy Nutall ’13, Chicago Heights. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)[Read More…]