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Luisette Kraal, a native of Curaçao, lives in the U.S. on a religious visa that has run out. For two years she has been a key figure in helping newcomers adjust to the city.
Parents and others don’t blame teachers but see the lack of learning as an effect of poverty and other challenges, a poll of 2,100 Chicagoans finds.
Chicago residents are divided over whether parents should be able to choose a school other than the one in their neighborhood, and two-thirds think the priority should be on funding the local school.
Hours after his brother was stabbed to death, the boy described the "savaging" attack, a word he picked up from a news report. The alleged killer, acting as his own attorney, doesn't want the interview introduced as evidence.