March 3 program to feature ‘Vice’ documentary, panel discussion CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. A new HBO “Vice” documentary, “Trans Youth,” which follows the story of transgender children, their families and doctors as they ponder the medical transition process before puberty begins, will make its Chicago premiere at DePaul University as part[Read More…]
Schools
Governors State University Dance Festival 2017 Gets Inspiration from Prince on March 4
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2017–Governors State University students are inspired by the music of Prince and others, and celebrating with a variety of dance disciplines including jazz, contemporary, African, modern, and hip-hop. The GSU Dance Company’s annual Dance Festival takes the stage March 4 at 7:30 p.m. with ’Inspired by[Read More…]
Park Forest Resident Named to Missouri Science and Technology Fall 2016 Honor List
ROLLA, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2017 – Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Fall 2016 semester. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or[Read More…]
Rugby Illinois Partners with Bernie’s Book Bank for ‘Battle of the Books’
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2017. Rugby Illinois is challenging youth athletes to make a difference in their local community and give back to those in need. Local rugby clubs across the Chicagoland area and state will come together, collecting books to be donated to Bernie’s Book Bank. Battle of the Books, challenge[Read More…]
Military Spouse Speaks Out, As Trump Hiring Freeze Impacts Her Child’s School
Wiesbaden, Germany –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. A military spouse, whose child’s school has been adversely impacted by Donald Trump’s Federal hiring freeze, is speaking out, upon receiving a memo from the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden stating that all of their part-day Child and Youth Services (CYS) programs will close, due to[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Brief Highlights Innovative School Schedules
A teacher engages with a small group of students in a classroom in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 29, 2016. AP/John Locher New CAP brief highlights innovative school schedules in Lawrence, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; and Brooklyn, New York. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. Teachers in the United States spend[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges Education Secretary and Congressional Leaders to Maintain Federal Protections for Higher Education Students
Madigan Leads Effort to Reinforce Need for Protections Against Worst Actors in For-Profit School Industry Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Education Secretary and Congressional leaders to express their support for recent federal protections for students in higher education[Read More…]
IL House Speaker Madigan Appoints Task Force to Continue Work on Education Funding Reform
IL House Speaker Michael Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. Speaker Michael J. Madigan is forming a bipartisan House task force to continue working on an equitable education funding formula and address questions a state commission recently left unanswered. “The question of how Illinois funds our public schools is[Read More…]
Statement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the Withdrawal of Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2017. The Department of Justice and the Department of Education today withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on[Read More…]
ASPIRA Charter Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly to Strike
Educators cite management failures in accountability, transparency, classroom support as basis for authorizing what would be first strike of charter school network in U.S. history. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2017. At a boisterous picket and rally, educators at ASPIRA’s four charter schools announced the results of their strike vote this afternoon: 93[Read More…]
