Award winning composer and artist Tom Sharpe and Ensemble Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m., the 2017 Freedom Hall Series will present the Tom Sharpe Ensemble. Tom Sharpe is an internationally recognized, award-winning composer, performer, and recording artist. He is a sought out clinician and performer of[Read More…]
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‘Salt of the Earth’ Art Exhibition Coming to South Suburban College’s Thiel Gallery in March
Pictured: “Pendulum” by Artist Margie Glass Sula SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Art & Design Department of South Suburban College is pleased to present a solo exhibition entitled Salt of the Earth by Margie Glass Sula. The exhibition will be on display[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…]
‘Flight of Obscurity X’ Exhibit Opens at Tall Grass Arts Association on March 11
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2017. Tall Grass Arts Association, 367 Artists Walk in DownTown Park Forest, will host a very different kind of exhibit in its Gallery from March 11 through April 15. ‘Flight of Obscurity X’ is an imposing solo show of sculptures and various installation elements created by Ohio artist Nathaniel[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…]
Historian Glennette Tilley Turner to Discuss ‘The Underground Railroad in Illinois’ on Sunday, February 26
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2017. Renowned historian, educator, and author Glennette Tilley Turner, will discuss the Underground Railroad in Illinois on Sunday, February 26 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Forest Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. The event is free and open to the public. Ms. Turner is the author of[Read More…]
2017 Park Forest Aqua Center Pre-Season Winter Specials Through March 31
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2017. The Park Forest Aqua Center, 30 North Orchard Drive, is offering great pre-season rates.Winter special rates are now being offered through March 31. If you miss the Winter specials, the Aqua Center will be offering Early Bird Specials April 1 through June 2. Save now[Read More…]
Annual Prairie State College Foundation Special Event Benefits Student Scholarships
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2017. Each year, hundreds of Prairie State College (PSC) students turn to the Foundation for assistance paying for tuition and textbooks. To help meet these needs, the PSC Foundation hosts an annual special event to raise money for scholarships through donations, dinner reservations, and a silent auction.[Read More…]
