Category: Education & Schools

Opinion: Outcomes-based education reveals a fault in the U.S. education system

Chicago Talks, October 10, 2020October 11, 2020

Thousands of students of Chicago-area high school students found themselves back in a physical school…

Chicago Talks, April 16, 2020October 22, 2020

Yasmine Tarr may only be 16 years old, but the issues she addresses as a…

Chicago Talks, April 9, 2020October 22, 2020

Zenaida Lopez grew up in a house with no electricity, but full of heart. Lopez…

Chicago Talks, March 20, 2020October 22, 2020

The number 826 has had an impact on former New Yorker Gaby FeBland. As a…

Chicago Talks, March 16, 2020October 22, 2020

The Chicago Student Invention Convention is an initiative meant to close opportunity gaps in science,…

Chicago Talks, November 13, 2019November 15, 2019

First-generation Greek American Stelios Valanis remembers going to a Greek school attached to a Greek…

Chicago Talks, October 30, 2019November 1, 2019

Now in its 10th day, the 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike has entered historical territory…

Chicago Talks, October 29, 2019October 30, 2019

Tasha Young did not want to go on strike. The 46-year-old counselor from Lakeview High…