The CTU laid out a “transformative” contract proposal that goes way beyond bread and butter union issues as it looks to get the city to prioritize affordable housing for unhoused families and have all students taught a second language. trib.al/blCHnVr

Parents and teachers! We are looking for teens who make and sell their own clothes/brands. Maybe on their own, maybe as part of a school fashion club? If you know any creative kids we can interview, reach out to reporter Anna Savchenko [email protected]. Anna Savchenko WBEZ

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There was another first Thursday in the first-ever Chicago school board election: a celebrity campaign kickoff. Sarah Karp Natalie Y Moore wbez.org/stories/artist…

Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago. Natalie Y Moore Andy Grimm WBEZ wbez.org/stories/hair-r…

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She called the number on her syllabus at UIC offering counseling. No one picked up. Lisa Kurian Philip this is UIC wbez.org/stories/gettin…

With nearly 6,000 new migrants this year, CPS CEO pledges support as financial needs grow Adriana Cardona M wbez.org/stories/chicag…

Indiana governor OKs bill to promote campus ‘intellectual diversity’ in a move critics say will quash it @mikepuentenews wbez.org/stories/indian…

.CPS - Chicago Public Schools wants to hear about the Black student experience as it develops a ‘Black Student Success’ plan Sarah Karp wbez.org/stories/cps-wa…

Ambitious plan unveiled to boost college spending in Illinois — and more fairly distribute money Lisa Kurian Philip wbez.org/stories/ambiti…

‘Defiant’ set of Chicago Teachers Union contract proposals unveiled by union president Sarah Karp wbez.org/stories/defian…

Just the tweet I've been waiting for!!! Anyone else as excited as I am? #highered #nerd

Can you prove your teen lives here? Some schools make house calls. wbez.org/stories/can-yo…

Can you prove your teen lives here? Some schools make house calls. wbez.org/stories/can-yo…

After 27 years in prison, a 54-year-old is now getting his Ph.D. Charlotte West (Ed journo covering prisons) wbez.org/stories/incarc…

A Chicago dad created a cookie line inspired by his son who has autism Esther Yoon-Ji Kang wbez.org/stories/als-co…

An unresolved glitch keeps students with immigrant parents out of the new FAFSA Lisa Kurian Philip Patrick Smith wbez.org/stories/fafsa-…

Chicago Public Schools officials are proposing dumping the Philadelphia-based janitorial behemoth Aramark after years of complaints of filthy schools, a lack of cleaning supplies and poor management of janitors. Nader Issa Sarah Karp wbez.org/stories/cps-pr…

In about 10 minutes, tune into @wbez's livestream to hear my story on what it takes for college students to keep their financial aid -- and why that harms marginalized students in particular. 0 #highered #twill

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