Last week, during Walk for Peace, Latino author and civic leader, Robert Renteria, gave the Chicago Police Department a new teaching tool, his book From the Barrio. With books in… Read more »

Dr. S. Alan Ray has served as the president of Elmhurst College since 2008. He has a joint faculty appointment in the political science and religious studies departments, with the… Read more »

The principal of Queen of Peace High School, Mary Kay Nickels, has been with Peace for five years. Ms. Nickels graduated with a Master’s in Educational Administration from Dominican University…. Read more »

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced that attendance rates from kindergarten through 12th grade rose to 93.2 percent in School Year 2013– 2014 (SY… Read more »

By: Ashmar Mandou Chicago Public Library Little Village Branch Manager Teresa Madrigal finds nothing more satisfying than knowing families walking into her library will leave with new tools to help… Read more »

My name is Gwendolyn Burrel I attended DePaul University where I received a Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Master’s Degree in Education. My life’s journey did not immediately lead me… Read more »

Many young adults are leaving home for the first time, yet remain ill-prepared to independently manage their personal finances. The 2014 National Foundation for Credit Counseling® (NFCC) Financial Literacy Survey… Read more »

It is back-to-school time, and Western International University (West), a subsidiary of Apollo Education Group, Inc., is offering tips to help the millions of adult students heading back to the… Read more »

Less than half of high school graduates who took the SAT in 2013 were prepared for college, continuing a five-year trend. Less than half – 44 percent — who took… Read more »

Behind every number, there’s a story. Dramatic changes in the demographics of this country are playing out in mainstream America, shifting the cultural landscape and deeply impacting how we look,… Read more »