Friday, March 14, 2025

Search results for keyword: Education found in 312 News.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke used Catholic card in bid to soften sentence in corruption case

It's unclear whether Catholic figures appealing for leniency in letters to the judge affected the two-year sentence given to Burke. But priests, nuns and lay church leaders went to bat heavy for him — after years of the ex-alderman funneling campaign cash to Catholic causes.

obituaries
  • by david hall
Don De Grazia, 'American Skin' author, Columbia College Chicago teacher, dead at 56

His acclaimed novel was published when he was 30, and he'd been guiding young writers ever since. He collapsed during a softball game and died.

nascar-in-chicago
  • by david hall
Bubba Wallace's Block Party moves to Douglass Park for 2024 NASCAR Chicago

The event is hosted by 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace.

education
  • by david hall
CPS dropping school police officers didn't change students, teachers feeling safe, U of C study reveals

The University of Chicago analysis released Wednesday found a reduction in high-level discipline infractions at schools that had gotten rid of cops, and that Black students were more likely to have officers in their schools than other racial groups.