Every Student Should be Able to go to College
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Education
Graduating University of Chicago Students Occupy Admissions Building to Stop Budget Cuts and Layoffs in Midst of $4.5 Billion Capital Campaign
University of Chicago continues to put prestige before people, say students. Where is the money going? Graduating students at the...
UC President Urges State To Fund Expanded Enrollment
New America Media, Question & Answer, Sandy Close One of occasional series of NAM interviews with UC President Janet Napolitano....
Madigan Calls on U.S. Department of Education to Stop Scammers Targeting Millions of Student Loan Borrowers
Attorney General Urges U.S. Department of Education to Implement Nonprofit Credit Counseling Certification Program to Assist Borrowers CHICAGO, IL ─...
New America Media Announces the 2015 Equal Voice Journalism Fellowship and Scholarship
Funded by the Marguerite Casey Foundation, this offers a new opportunity for emerging and established journalists from ethnic and mainstream...
Celebrate National 529 Day with a College Illinois!® Savings Plan
Enrollment Open Through June 1st CHICAGO, IL – Today is National 529 Day, (literally, 5/29!), a day focused on raising...
State’s Attorney Hosts Law Day for Local Students
More than 30 students from Bouchet Math and Science Academy in Chicago spent the day at the George Leighton Criminal...
Living Up to the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
By Marc Morial President $ CEO, National Urban League “Education is perhaps the most important function of state and local...
ISBE to Kick Off Summer Meals program
Ensuring low-income students are well fed while school is out SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)...
PARCC Test Will be Shorter, Easier to Administer Beginning Next School Year
PARCC states vote to simplify test administration and shorten test time while ensuring reliable results SPRINGFIELD, IL — The new...
