Students from Lyons Township High School participated in the Student Silent Film Festival at the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove.
Lyons Township team goes silent for Film Festival challenge
Category: Education
What happened at Hamline Elementary on Friday: Mistaken ICE report in Chicago still sparking fear
Many questions remain about what happened at Hamline Elementary when Chicago Public Schools mistook Secret Service agents for immigration enforcement.
Big Brothers Big Sisters, NabrU team up to link mentors to youth in Dolton
NabrU teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago for programs in Dolton and other south suburbs.
Johnson-appointed CPS board member asked CTU official about contract negotiations
A Chicago Public Schools board member appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson asked the teachers union vice president about contract negotiations during closed-to-public meeting.
‘People are scared’: Fear permeates every aspect of life in Chicago, under threat of mass immigration deportations
Although no widespread immigration raids were reported here this week, the possibility — and reports that Chicago would be ground zero for enforcement — kept many of the region’s estimated 400,000 undocumented immigrants at home.
ACLU warns University of Illinois to respect free speech after officials clamp down on climate change group and Palestinian group
The group warned administrators that changes to speech and protest policies and “overzealous discipline” of protesters are having a chilling effect.
ICE agents denied entry at a Chicago elementary school, CPS officials say
Chicago Public Schools prevented officers from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials.
Aurora area schools prepare for possible immigration arrests as state issues guidance on how schools should respond
After the Trump administration said schools and churches were not off-limits for immigration arrests, Aurora area schools brace for possible encounters with ICE.
‘Mama Meagan’ uses childhood experiences with DCFS to help youth in need
Richton Park resident Meagan Sims is working on her doctorate degree at Governor State University and helping people along the way.
CPS and CTU start ‘fact-finding’ in an attempt to settle monthslong contract negotiations
Since being established in state law in 2010, the fact-finding process has been used three times. In two of those cases, teachers ultimately went on strike.