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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Saving Grace: new proposed Chicago Schools budget

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It was back to school on Monday for Chicago Public School students and controversy has been brewing for the last several weeks in the natio...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

An American now heads the Catholic church as pope

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The recent announcement in May that the Catholic cardinals, not a new baseball team at The Catholic University of America, but those cardina...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ill. Gov. wants Community Colleges to grant B.A. degrees

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There was a distinct focus on education for Illinois when Gov. JB Pritzker announced a week ago, in his State of the State address, with two...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Can Fact Finder report bring CTU and CPS to a contract?

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It’s been nearly a year since the Chicago Teachers Union began negotiations on a new contract, with the old one ending last April, and now t...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

Chicago School CEO Pedro Martinez is fired

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In a not unexpected move this Friday the Chicago School Board fired School CEO Pedro Martinez, in a closed executive session, after members ...
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Chicago based freelance writer covering national, local and state politics, with an emphasis on education, racial equity and economics.
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