Category: Education

Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term

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Sophia Arshad, a Merrillville attorney who works on immigration cases, said she’s already received a dozen calls or emails from clients worried about the status of their cases following president-elect Donald Trump’s win Tuesday. “It goes beyond nervous, it’s anticipation of what’s to come,” Arshad said. “I have had a lot of already desperate emails and calls from current clients who are just very scared about what may or may not happen.” Jane Hartsock, a founding board member with The Good Trouble Coalition, said her nonbinary child woke up Wednesday morning feeling terrified and crying. As a mother, Hartsock has […]

Suburban voters approve more than $1 billion in school borrowing, but draw the line on some measures

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Suburban voters outside Chicago generally bucked a national conservative trend in Tuesday’s election by supporting more than a dozen measures to borrow more than $1.1 billion to fund schools, and more for fire stations, park facilities and open land.

2 Jewish DePaul students showing support for Israel attacked, punched on campus, police and school officials say

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Two Jewish students at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus who were visibly showing support for Israel were punched by masked attackers Wednesday, according to the university’s president and Chicago police. Two masked people punched the Jewish students Wednesday around 3:20 p.m. in front of the Student Center at 2250 North Sheffield Ave., president Robert Manuel said in a letter to students and faculty. He said the students sustained physical injuries, but declined medical treatment. Chicago police said the unknown men approached the two victims on foot. They struck one victim, a 27-year-old man, in his face and body, before pushing the […]

Hundreds Leave Real World Behind to Live Out Medieval Fantasy in Texas

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This week hundreds of Americans will be escaping the aftermath of the presidential election to live out a medieval fantasy. From Wednesday to Sunday, an area of Texas near Austin will be declared a politics-free zone as people take part in a fully immersive experience inspired by fantasies like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons. Hynafol’s Grand Gathering is taking place on the site of the Sherwood Forest Faire, in McDade. The five-day event allows participants to create their own characters, take part in quests,…

Evanston/Skokie D65 unveils alternatives to grade closures as parents and teachers protest

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 officials announced at the district’s Board of Education meeting Oct. 28 that they were weighing four options on possibly keeping Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies open to seventh and eighth graders. Nearly two weeks ago, the district announced in a surprise letter to parents that it would close down […]

Schools want state to delay new diploma launch, say more time needed to ready courses

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Many Indiana school districts want the state to push back the effective date of the Department of Education’s redesigned high school diploma requirements, set to begin with the Class of 2029. Those students are now in eighth grade and typically, some schools are already preparing their ninth-grade schedules, as the state struggles with a guidance counselor shortage.