Education
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Stories about schools, education policy, and student achievement.
Award-winning artist and cartoon-inspired snow sculptures at Olive Harvey
Six visiting artists from throughout the state will create giant snow sculptures on the south side of Chicago at Olive Harvey College campus next week. Previews of the work in progress will take...
The Black Star Project Honors Silas Purnell
The Black~ Star Project is honoring Sites Purnell as the Black~ Star Man of the Year on Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at the Chicago Athletic Association at The Black~ Star Project's Holiday Party for...
Picketing Scheduled as District 132 Talks Head to Mediation
Calumet Park, IL -- Calumet Park Elementary School District support staff workers will be walking an informational picket line Wednesday, prior to the first federally mediated bargaining session with...
NCJW Awards Scholarships to Five PSC Students
The South Cook chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, through the Prairie State College Foundation, recently awarded more than $500 in scholarships to five Prairie State women students for...
Earn A College Degree from Home and Save up to 50% on Tuition!
Cibolo, TX - Finding a good job is hard enough, but without a college degree, it can be downright difficult. For those already employed, garnering a promotion and the increased pay that comes with it...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Dedicates AKA Sponsored Elementary School in South Africa
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has sponsored a school in rural Swazi Zulu Land near Durban in South Africa as a way of providing a vitally-needed education to the children in this rural town. The project...
South Suburban College Foundation Offering Scholarship Programs Abroad
South Holland, IL - The South Suburban College Foundation is again making scholarships available to study abroad in three diverse locations. The foundation recently voted to approve nearly $10,000 is...
educjackson
In 1965, Jesse Jackson left the Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) to devote his energy to the civil rights movement under Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time, he was only a few credits shy of...
Guest Lecturer and author Robert W
University Park, IL. On Thursday, July 13, 2000, Robert W. Hunter will be a guest lecturer at Governors State University, The College of Arts and Sciences in the Center for Performing Arts as a...
DAVIS ANNOUNCES 7TH ANNUAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Olympia Fields, IL - DAVIS Staffing, Inc. Is excited to announce its 7th Annual College Scholarship Program, which began May 15 and runs through August 4, 2000. Each of DAVIS= three offices will...
Fall Registration under way at South Suburban College
Students wanting to get a jump on Fall 2000 course registration at South Suburban College are invited to come in and get started. Current students, placement-tested students and continuing students...
educjesse
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. electrified Chicago State University's recent commencement exercise as he called upon new graduates to lead moral lives and work for social change. "You...
DISTRICT 170 BOARD, TEACHERS AGREE TO CONTRACT EXTENSION
Chicago Heights School District 170 and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement to extend the current teachers contract for an additional three years. Members of American Federation of...
Local Business Establishes annual Scholarship fund for PSC students
Martin and Lois Anthonisen, the owners of Anthonisen Financial Services in Homewood, collected funds for an annual Prairie State College scholarship at a party for their clients. The Dr. Timothy and...
Dorothy Furnace retires after 39 years as District 170 educator
Dorothy Furnace may have retired in June after serving for 25 years as principal of Jefferson School, but her name will be known to future students at the Chicago Heights school for years to come. As...
Prominent Business Executive Krehbiel and wife give $100,000 for Scholarships at Chicago State University
Chicago State University recently received a major financial boost when Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel provided the institution with a $100,000 gift to establish the Krehbiel Scholarships at the...
educgates
SEATTLE- The Gates Millennium Scholars Program today announced that 4,000 hardworking, high-achieving students from low-income minority families will comprise the inaugural class of this new 20 year,...