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Paige Ponder: With Chicago about to fully elect its school board, what does student success actually look like?

September 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Every Chicagoan can use this data and research to consider the strengths of the city's...

September 29, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones enrolled her daughter in a struggling school as part of an ideological...

September 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Violence prevention in Chicago cannot be rebuilt from scratch every time the fifth floor changes...

September 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Centrists may not claim to usher in new eras in American economic and political life,...

September 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

American parents are working harder than ever to give their children a leg up.

September 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Obesity has been seen as something patients could overcome through lifestyle changes rather than recognized...

September 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Despite the improvement, many Mississippi students still fail to reach proficient benchmarks on state and...

September 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Cornstarch and pigskin came together over 100 years ago in Decatur, Illinois, to help create...

September 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

People held in Illinois' 90 county jails are virtually all presumed innocent. As a society,...

September 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

I joined the Chicago Housing Authority board because far too often, the neighborhoods we are...