Chicago police arrested about 50 pro-Palestinian protestors Saturday afternoon in North Garden at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Loop.
About 50 protesters arrested from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as campus unrest continues
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Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protests
It was a watershed moment in U.S. history — a violent bookend to the turbulent 1960s — that galvanized campus protests nationwide and forced the temporary shutdown of hundreds of colleges and universities.
Shepard seniors take top prize at Moraine Valley culinary competition
For the third straight year, and fifth time in 10 years, Shepard culinary students won the Moraine Area Career System Regional Culinary Competition April 16 at Moraine Valley Community College.
Social media threat made at Munster High
School Town of Munster officials said Friday Munster Police were investigating a student’s social media post that hinted at a potential threat at Munster High School.
University of Chicago prepares to ‘intervene’ to remove pro-Palestine encampment from campus
The University of Chicago is preparing to “intervene” to remove the pro-Palestine encampment from the school’s Main Quadrangle, president Paul Alivisatos said Friday, claiming student protestors have created a “systemic disruption” on campus. Meanwhile, tensions heightened when counter-protesters marched to the encampment carrying American flags, chanting “USA, USA!” as Muslim students gathered for Friday prayers. A line of cops formed between the protest groups, sources at campus said. Students set up the encampment Monday morning, joining other large-scale protests across the country in demanding the university divest from companies with ties to Israel, including weapons manufacturers supplying arms to Israel’s […]
Black leaders weigh in on Rainbow/PUSH chief’s resignation less than 3 months into role
Mystery still surrounds the resignation of Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. But the group is moving forward.
CPS agrees to raise wages of ‘lowest paid workers’, in a new, four-year agreement with SEIU Local 73
Chicago Public Schools agrees to raise wages of lowest paid workers or support staff in a new, four-year agreement with Service Employees International Union Local 73
Lawyers for families at heart of Arlington Heights school nurse ‘misuse’ of meds case want principal on leave
The law firm retained by several families of children at the center of a probe into an Arlington Heights school nurse’s”misuse” of the kids’ medications is calling for the principal to be removed, pending the outcome of the investigation. The nurse is already on leave, according to Arlington Heights School District 25 officials. The health professional is not identified because they are not, to date, charged with a crime. “We are calling for Westgate Elementary School Principal Ann Buch to be placed on administrative leave until all of the facts come out,” attorneys from the Chicago-based personal injury law firm […]
Fifth-grade teacher at District 204 school in Aurora named Illinois Teacher of the Year
Rachael Mahmood, a fifth-grade teacher at Georgetown Elementary School in Aurora, has been selected as the 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
Lake County students join nationwide pro-Palestine demonstrations, counter-protests; ‘Not an expression for or against any particular religious group’
Palestinian solidarity encampments have popped up at dozens of college campuses across the U.S. in recent weeks as the death toll climbs in the war in Gaza.