Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Chicago School District Agrees to Minimum 16% Teacher Pay Raise

Hindustan Times 02 Apr 2025
Chicago Teachers Union’s leadership will seek approval from its House of Delegates and then its full membership, after which Martinez will advance the contract to the board of education for sign off ... Pedro Martinez Education Chicago Us News ... News / Education / education news / Chicago School District Agrees to Minimum 16% Teacher Pay Raise....
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Wisconsin votes to enshrine voter ID requirement in state constitution

The Call 02 Apr 2025
Wisconsin is the only state where voters elect the top education official but there is no state board of education ... Underly’s education career began in 1999 as a high school social studies teacher in Indiana ... She worked for almost 10 years as a special education teacher and instructional coach in Chicago Public Schools....
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Wisconsin superintendent election results: Incumbent Jill Underly defeats Brittany Kinser

Oshkosh Northwestern 02 Apr 2025
State Superintendent Jill Underly won a second term in Tuesday’s election, defeating Republican Party-backed education consultant Brittany Kinser ... Her career began as a Chicago Public Schools special education teacher, then moved into charter school administrative work ... Kelly Meyerhofer covers higher education in Wisconsin....
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Dan Walters | The real crisis in California schools is low achievement, not cultural conflicts

Times Standard 02 Apr 2025
A few days ago, the Washington Post published an article by Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and chief of staff to President Barack Obama, about the neglect of educational achievement. Emanuel called it a “Sputnik moment in education” and declared that “almost no one among the nation’s purported adults seems to want to solve the problem.”....
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Kanye West and the story of Donda Academy’s spectacular spiral

The Los Angeles Times 02 Apr 2025
The enterprise was conceived in homage to his mother, Donda West, a respected educator (she had chaired the English department at Chicago State University) and arguably the most seminal influence and corrective force in her son’s life until she died of coronary disease and complications following cosmetic surgery in 2007....
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Randy Fine overcomes fundraising deficit to win congressional race

News Journal - Daytona Beach 02 Apr 2025
On Tuesday, Randy Fine woke up without a job for the first time in more than eight years. On Wednesday, though, that gap in employment will cease, as he was elected to Florida's 6th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ... Department of Education, saying what works in Chicago might not be what’s best for Florida or Oklahoma ... “......
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Shingles vaccine may protect against dementia, new study suggests

NBC Bay Area 02 Apr 2025
Watch NBC Bay Area News 📺 Streaming free 24/7 ... Shingrex, which targets a tiny bit of viral DNA, turned out to have a longer lasting effect than the original vaccine ... 2, 1933, but not those who were born before that date ... Aarati Didwania, a professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago ... ....
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CTU contract is a 'turning point' that will help CPS students get the education they deserve

Chicago Sun-Times 01 Apr 2025
Every time educators negotiate with CPS, at least since Karen and then Jesse Sharkey and now myself, have led our union, we have fought to bring dignity to our profession, and we have fought harder to deliver the quality education that Chicago’s students deserve....
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CTU bargainers approve tentative contract deal. Here’s what you need to know.

Chicago Sun-Times 01 Apr 2025
A key Chicago Teachers Union committee spent hours Monday going through a hefty package of proposals before finally approving a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools, a significant step toward finalizing a deal on a new four-year contract ... Bilingual and special education ... Nader Issa covers education for the Chicago Sun-Times....
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Afternoon Briefing: Teen charged in Streeterville shooting that wounded tourist

Chicago Tribune 01 Apr 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union’s team of 65 educators voted in favor of a proposed settlement last night that wrapped up close to a year of negotiations with the school district ... A full 30,000 membership vote and approval from the Chicago Board of Education will seal the deal ... (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Miche Fest 2025....
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CPS, teachers union reach proposed contract deal after a year of tough negotiations

Chicago Tribune 01 Apr 2025
Chicago Teachers Union educators voted on a final proposed contract deal with the school district Monday, capping off months of contentious negotiations and leadership conflicts that threatened to destabilize the nation’s fourth-largest district ... Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro ......
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Gov. JB Pritzker\u2019s push to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees faces uphill climb ...

Journal Gazette 01 Apr 2025
Four-year universities argue the bill could diminish progress the state has made on educational access and achievement, according to a statement to reporters from a coalition of Illinois universities including leadership from Chicago State University, Illinois State University ......
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Wisconsin voters to choose top education official and consider voter ID amendment

Newsday 01 Apr 2025
Here’s a look at the two contests.Incumbent education leader backed by unions, Democrats faces GOP choice ... Underly’s education career began in 1999 as a high school social studies teacher in Indiana ... She worked for almost 10 years as a special education teacher and instructional coach in Chicago Public Schools....

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