School districts cutting staffs and borrowing to balance budgets as economic woes continue
ISBE using revised data to avoid penalizing districts for late state payments  SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of...
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Music Institute of Chicago celebrates a decade at Nichols Concert Hall
Tenth Season Includes Rachel Barton Pine, Lincoln Trio, Pacifica Quartet, Billy Strayhorn Festival with Terell Stafford and More  Celebrating...
Women’s Business Development Center offers programs for April that support and accelerate women’s business ownership
CHICAGO, IL – The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC), a nationally and internationally recognized women’s business assistance center providing services...
Barclays Spaces for Sports extends global partnership with Beyond Sport
Barclays Spaces for Sports, a community-based sports programme which uses sport as a platform to help young people develop life...
Parents: The missing engine behind school reform
By Khalil Abdullah New America Media A series of first-ever forums brought front line education reformers and community media representatives...
Multi-Ethnic Coalition of Parents from around Chicago to launch campaign for a representative, elected school board
Group will take message to legislators in Springfield  Chicago, IL - Today, a multi-ethnic coalition of parents and activists...
Campaign for Better Health Care’s response to Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act
 Statement by Jim Duffett, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Health Care  From March 26 to 28, 2012, the...
New report finds modest gains in Illinois, America’s college attainment rates
Speed of progress must be accelerated to improve our nation’s prospects  Experts highlight bright spots while calling for redesign...
Student/scholar shares work on black conservatism at historic black studies conference
Black Studies: From Academy's Margins to its Center (From Northwestern University News)  EVANSTON, IL -  Changing the face of black...
Historic Conference celebrates PhD’s in Black Studies
Bringing together leading and up-and-coming scholars on critical issues of race (From Northwestern News)Â Â EVANSTON, IL - In her...
