21 September 2023

Growing Friendship Reflects the Incredible Diversity at Swift Elementary School

Aahna and Sushant exemplify their school's core values of inclusivity and acceptance.

22 September 2023

Take Five with Karime Asaf: Chief of Language and Cultural Education

Chief Asaf wants to enhance multilingual pathways, better support instruction for our English Learners, and shift our vision to embrace multicultural education.

20 September 2023

Longtime Smyser Elementary School Teacher Excelling in New Role as an Interventionist

Mrs. Cho has developed a number of effective strategies to help students build literacy skills.

14 September 2023

Highlighting the Incredible Sense of Community at Pershing Magnet School

This sense of community is setting the foundation for students at Pershing to develop into leaders.

Englewood Graduate Heads to Brazil for Global Citizen Year Program

Engelwood native and Bridgescape Learning Academy graduate Aaron Johnson will spend a culturally immersive gap year in Brazil.

30 May 2019

Four CPS Seniors Share How They’ll Spend their Gap Year

Chicago Public Schools and Global Citizen Year have come together to offer a select group of CPS graduates an opportunity to immerse themselves in a new culture in countries like Brazil, Senegal, and Ecuador before pursuing postsecondary education. The fellows will live with a host family and take advantage of apprenticeships that focus on local projects around education, health or the environment.

12 June 2019

Meet the Harvard-bound Solorio HS Grad Determined to Defy the Odds

Amado Candelario, a senior at Solorio Academy High School on the Southwest Side of Chicago, has been offered a tuition-free ride to Harvard and was selected out of 5,200 qualified nominees as one of the 2019 US Presidential Scholars.

07 May 2019

Science Teacher Overcame Rough Start, Now Encourages Students

Meet math and science teacher Karolina Towner, a former Michigan State University Urban STEM fellow who teaches at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School in the Albany Park neighborhood.