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CPS Continues Reduction of Suspensions, Expulsions to Keep Students Connected to Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that suspensions and expulsions fell significantly in School Year 2014-15, using a research-based approach to improve students’ achievement and reduce exclusionary discipline. These results follow… Read more
Make College Possible With a College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Plan
It’s Financial Aid Awareness Month, and students are busy completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine their eligibility for federal, state and institutional aid for college…. Read more
New play to first hit Triton College stage
Triton College’s Performing Arts Department will perform a new play by Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright Robert Koon on Feb. 27-28 and March 4-5. “Cyclist Attacked by Mountain Lion” will be… Read more
Students Awarded Full Tuition Scholarship to Top U.S. Universities
Morton East Senior Abigail Galvez and Morton West Senior Nathan Martinez celebrated monumental news, recently as they were selected by The Posse Foundation to become Posse Scholars. Amid 17,000 nominations… Read more
File Your FAFSA
While the current budget delay has made this a challenging time for higher education in Illinois, financial aid is available to help make college possible for Illinois students—if they apply… Read more
Helping You Champion Your Child’s Education
It is no secret that your child’s education is important to their future. In today’s educational environment of frequent policy changes and the performance pressures, your child‘s educational often loses… Read more
City Streamlines Early Learning System
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced reforms that will streamline the administration of early learning programs and invest the savings in extending full-day prekindergarten to approximately 1,000 additional children by the 2017-18… Read more
CPS Reduces School Budgets
As Chicago Public Schools works to stabilize its worsening finances, the District moved this week to take the unprecedented step of reducing school budgets midyear. Along with administrative cuts in… Read more
When Convicts Go To College
America spends $80 billion a year keeping criminals behind bars, but research has shown that cost could be reduced by making one thing more accessible to inmates – education. “We… Read more
Teach for America Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Nearly 15,000 guests gathered this past weekend in the nation’s capital for Teach For America’s 25th Anniversary Summit, celebrating the organization’s 25 years of impact supporting more than 10 million… Read more
