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January, 2012
One morning in November, D’Whitney Harris, a freshman at Michele Clark Academic Preparatory High School, posed a question in front of an audience of educators, students, reporters and city officials: “How much would you have to save a day from age 18 to become a millionaire by 65?”Jazanay Taylor, her classmate, didn’t miss a beat. “$7.50 per day, assuming 7 percent interest,” she said. “Were you...
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January, 2012
At the end of every month, Chalonda McIntosh pays her bills. First, rent, then her car loan, then child care for her son. “Then, if I have enough left over, I put food in the house,” she said.But most months, she doesn’t get there. She often can’t pay child care on time and racks up late fees. McIntosh said she’s lucky to have a spot for her son at St. Vincent DePaul’s child care center on North...
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November, 2011
In his formative years, nothing excited Arthur Robertson more than marching. Tightly coordinated dance moves, flags twirling wide circles in the air, and the hundred spin tosses of wooden rifles and sabers drew him into precision drilling at age 12.Robertson went on to become a teacher and student dean at Paul Revere Elementary in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, but his marching...
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April, 2011
The news:Former Chicago Bull Wallace “Mickey” Johnson of North Lawndale recently ran for alderman of the 24th Ward on a platform that included improvements to the local education system.Behind the news:During his five years as a basketball coach at Malcolm X College in the 2000s, Johnson said that he was the first coach there to have playersgraduate.Often, he said, these players were trying to...
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April, 2011
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October, 2010
The news: The State of Illinois owed schools and education vendors more than $1.1 billion in education costs through June 28. Behind the news: Among all schools and education vendors, Chicago Public Schools is owed the most money from the state, with 80 percent of those funds intended for students with special needs, according to a Chicago Reporter analysis of school board data....
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December, 2010
The news: The amount of student loan debt has surpassed the nation's credit card debt, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. Behind the news: Thousands of students from two Illinois public universities are racking up millions in debt but won't graduate. Chicago State University on the city's South Side and Northeastern Illinois University on the city's...
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October, 2008
Download data findings released at the forum: (Reporter findings, Catalyst findings, PowerPoint presentation)
Illinois lawmakers and advocates said the Illinois General Assembly must increase the state income tax to fund public schools after new data released on Sept. 18 showed statewide education funding gaps greater than what officials once believed.
"I don't think that this issue is...
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August, 2008
DATA: Download the data on school funding--for high school districts (4-year data), elementary and unit districts (9-year data), contributions from local, state and federal governments, and schools in 10 communities within the six-county region.
A new Chicago Reporter analysis of school funding data shows the long-term disparities in school funding as area civil rights leaders filed a...
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