David Blobaum: Test-optional colleges are seeing the consequences of ill-prepared students
We need academic underwriters, not admissions officers, to vet students and ensure that they have...
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David Woodard: The CSO has never had an American-born music director. Finland shows how to grow one.
Chicago has yet to ask how Finland, a country of 5.6 million, keeps growing people...
Mayor Craig B. Johnson: When judging data center incentives, don’t ignore the revenue
As mayor of a community that has hosted data centers for more than 25 years,...
Daniel Preston: We can fix youth sports in America. Here’s how.
Most youth sports in America are broken — more commercialized, time-intensive, travel-oriented and cost-prohibitive than...
Daniel DePetris: Venezuela has bent to US will. Is that good for Venezuelans?
Venezuela's new leader is no doubt trying to demonstrate her usefulness to the Trump administration,...
Liam Stanton: Political messaging has changed. Here are 5 things voters should know.
Influencers are promoting politicians, and outside organizations are spending millions trying to shape what voters...
Dr. Garth Walker: Here’s how we save the lives of Chicagoans with high blood pressure
There are evidence-based processes focused on protecting entire populations rather than treating individuals one at...
Paige Ponder: With Chicago about to fully elect its school board, what does student success actually look like?
Every Chicagoan can use this data and research to consider the strengths of the city's...
Clarence Page: Nikole Hannah-Jones demonstrates why parents sometimes need to go to school, too
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones enrolled her daughter in a struggling school as part of an ideological...
Faith leaders: Chicago’s public-safety progress is a fragile edifice
Violence prevention in Chicago cannot be rebuilt from scratch every time the fifth floor changes...