Chicago DIY rock duo Post Office Winter take an audible joy in playing scruffy, comfortable indie rock whose charming shabbiness feels like an accident they wouldn’t have any other way. The band’s founders, Johnston and Huffman (Jones College Prep juniors who prefer to go by their last names), belong to a local teenage DIY rock […]
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Is a virtual arts degree worth it?
Chicago high school seniors prepare for collegiate arts programs amid pandemic
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It’s time once again for the two-day book bonanza that’s the Printers Row Lit Fest
Books! Books! Authors! Food! Books!
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Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news
Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation’s top public high school in a new set of rankings.
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Moody’s and S&P cut Illinois’s bond rating to one step above junk as Springfield fails to reach a budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, the battle over gentrification around the 606 has intensified.
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CPS sues Illinois over ‘unequal’ and ‘separate’ school funding, and other Chicago news
Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has presented attorney general Jeff Sessions with a list of ways the federal government can help stop gun violence in Chicago.
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Chance the Rapper rules the Grammys with three major wins, and other Chicago news
Also, state rep Christian Mitchell proposes legislation to eliminate money bond in Illinois courts.
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Survey finds Chicagoans deeply divided by race, and other news
Also, Chicago police are rolling out thousands of body cameras after successful trial run.
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How to make Mayor Rahm do the right thing
As the parents and teachers at Oriole Park Elementary learned the hard way, you can’t be afraid to squeak if you want to get some grease from Mayor Emanuel.
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What does it mean to be a top-ranked high school according to U.S. News?
Five of the top eight public high schools in Illinois are Chicago schools.
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Chicago’s entire school desegregation strategy needs a turnaround
Merely tweaking the selective enrollment school formula won’t help the vast majority of African-American and Hispanic CPS students.
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Is the Near North Side the right neighborhood for Obama College Prep?
The pros and cons of putting another selective enrollment high school in the Near North area.
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Obama College Prep site in doubt
The city is considering locations other than Stanton Park for the planned selective enrollment school, all of them apparently in the Near North Side neighborhood.
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap—and it’s going to take him to places he’s only imagined.
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Keeping up with the Jones high school plans
How Mayor Emanuel could turn Jones high into a neighborhood school