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Staff at the Ada S. McKinley Head Start program, including CEO Jamal Malone, center, interact with preschoolers at Trumbull Park in Chicago on Jan. 13, 2021.

Op-ed: Post-pandemic, what will September bring for the class of 2034?

June 29, 2021 at 1:56 p.m.

As the U.S. edges toward a return to "normal," many adults admit to struggling with anxiety, a loss of social skills, being in crowded public spaces, and even resuming normal...

Expelling students from pre-K programs can predispose them to a number of risks including school failure, teen pregnancy, unemployment and violence.

Let’s help pre-K children succeed, not expel them

May 11, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

How can we expect to solve crime and poverty when we're expelling preschoolers? Across the nation, more than 5,000 pre-kindergarten students are expelled each year (as many as 6,500 in...

A breakthrough in public education

May 14, 2019 at 11:48 a.m.

A hardy but largely uneducated and unskilled workforce from stockyards and meatpacking plants carried Chicago to economic greatness. Today's Chicago is an up-and-coming technology incubator and hub for research and...

A breakthrough in public education

August 24, 2021 at 5:40 p.m.

A hardy but largely uneducated and unskilled workforce from stockyards and meatpacking plants carried Chicago to economic greatness. Today's Chicago is an up-and-coming technology incubator and hub for research and...

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