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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New CPS school board needs fiscal discipline, creative problem-solving

Chicago Sun-Times 16 Jan 2025
We don't envy the difficult job facing Chicago's new Board of Education members, 20 of whom were sworn in on Wednesday ... And the swearing-in at Chicago Public Schools headquarters provided plenty of hopeful notes, which we're taking as a positive sign that members ......
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New Chicago School Board sworn in as CTU president pushes to reach deal over contentious contract

Chicago Tribune 15 Jan 2025
The new Chicago Board of Education was sworn in Wednesday morning, marking a historic shift in oversight of the country’s fourth-largest school district after decades of mayoral control of the board ... Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates speaks during the public comment portion of a Chicago Board of Education meeting on Jan....
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After turbulent months, new partially elected CPS school board looks optimistically to 'new era in education'

Chicago Sun-Times 15 Jan 2025
“The pinnacle of the beauty of my life is being elected by a community who sees fit to have a new era in education, and who can see what Chicago Public Schools can be,” he said ... Chicago Board of Education members Debby Pope and Michilla “Kyla” Blaise high-five Wednesday during a ......
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City Council dodges controversial votes on Welcoming City carve-outs, lower speed limit

Chicago Sun-Times 15 Jan 2025
Bill Conway (34th) introduced an ordinance that would subject mayoral appointees to the Chicago Board of Education to City Council approval.Ordinance would force mayor to quit schools job ... Scott Waguespack (32nd) introduced an ordinance that would require Johnson to severe his employment with the Chicago Board of Education....
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Creative Agency

MENA FN 15 Jan 2025
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) Book Review. 'Working Women in Jordan. Education, Migration, and Aspiration' Fida J. Adely Chicago/London. The University of Chicago Press, 2024, 201 pages Fida ... ....
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City Council sides with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Chicago’s sanctuary city dispute

Chicago Tribune 15 Jan 2025
(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ... Wednesday’s vote was not the only time Chicago’s sanctuary city ordinance became a target in City Hall ... (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ... Meanwhile, Conway introduced an ordinance that would require City Council approval for mayoral appointments to the Chicago Board of Education....
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Chicago Teachers Union files grievance over wage theft, pressures CPS for contract settlement

Chicago Tribune 15 Jan 2025
Chicago Teachers Union officials filed a grievance with Chicago Public Schools alleging that the district is shorting some educators’ wages ... “As an early career educator and father, every dollar counts as my family and I budget for our mortgage, groceries and student loans,” ......
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As Trump’s deportation threats loom, Chicago’s immigrant communities prepare emergency plans

Chicago Sun-Times 15 Jan 2025
Tom Homan, President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick for “border czar” speaks in Chicago in December ... Advocates say it has prompted fear and anxiety in Chicago’s immigrant communities ... Meanwhile, Chicago officials say they are educating city employees about laws that prohibit them from collaborating with immigration agents....
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Desmond Nwagborogu Obi Brings His Culturally Themed Show to the Invasion Praise

This Day 15 Jan 2025
Life & Style . 12 hours ago ... Tour in 2025 ... Produced by Raging Bull Entertainment, the tour will visit major cities such as Houston, Chicago, Baltimore, Indianapolis, and Atlanta. This landmark event promises to entertain, educate, and inspire, inviting audiences to honor tradition, embrace innovation, and celebrate the unifying power of music. ....
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Robert Greenberg

The Lincoln County News 14 Jan 2025
Born in Chicago on May 15, 1932, Bob’s education ......
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School districts across the US are acting on immigration to prepare for Trump

Azcentral 14 Jan 2025
School districts in Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix and other U.S ... to education is a student's constitutional right, Espíritu said ... The Board of Education of Chicago Public Schools, too, passed a resolution declaring that the district would not assist ICE in immigration enforcement....
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The end of a contentious chapter in CPS history: CEO Pedro Martinez’s milestones and demise

Chicago Tribune 13 Jan 2025
In a court filing submitted before a special Chicago Board of Education meeting to discuss Martinez’s job status – the schools chief asked for a temporary restraining order against each of the seven members of the sitting board to “prevent the unlawful termination of his employment.” ... Chicago Board of Education President Sean B....
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Remembering Lee Shulman, Stanford educational psychologist

Stanford Daily 13 Jan 2025
Lee Shulman, Stanford educational psychologist and educator, died on Dec ... His work in the fields of teaching, learning and educational leadership — including his development of the concept of pedagogical content knowledge — continue to influence educators worldwide. Education professor Sam Wineburg Ph.D ... Ducommun Professor of Education....

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