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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Who are Canada's cardinals? A look at the five dignitaries ahead of the papal funeral

Moosejaw Today 24 Apr 2025
Cardinals from around the world are converging on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and upcoming meetings that will determine the next leader of the Catholic Church ... Thomas Collins. Born ... Education ... Education. Graduate studies at the University of Chicago in an interdisciplinary program in humanities, social thought and theology in 1978 ... Education ... ....
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Chicago Schools CEO tapped to oversee schools in Massachusetts

Chicago Sun-Times 23 Apr 2025
Embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez is set to take charge of K-12 schools in Massachusetts, pending final approval by the state’s education secretary ... Chicago’s Board of Education is expected to ramp up its search for a new leader this spring ... Martinez’s lawsuit against Chicago’s Board of Education remains pending....
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Charter school transparency will ensure students are prioritized

Chicago Sun-Times 23 Apr 2025
As a daughter of Mexican immigrants and a proud Pickard Elementary and Benito Juárez High School graduate, I know what public education means to Chicago's working-class families ... In a moment where the federal government is openly hostile to public education, Chicago must lead by example....
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Chicago superintendent Pedro Martinez tapped for next Massachusetts Education Commissioner

Boston Herald 23 Apr 2025
The Massachusetts education board voted Tuesday to select outgoing Chicago Public Schools head Pedro Martinez as the next state Commissioner of Education ... Martinez has a total of 13 combined years as a superintendent, most recently Chicago Public Schools, and over two decades in K-12 education leadership, a DESE release stated....
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Chicago-area academic leaders sign statement critical of Trump administration 'overreach'

Chicago Sun-Times 23 Apr 2025
Presidents of several colleges in the Chicago area were among more than 220 higher education leaders from across the country who signed a joint statement condemning the Trump administration's efforts to exert influence over universities ... Several other Illinois higher education leaders also signed....
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Daywatch: Highland Park parade survivors hope sentencing offers relief, justice

Chicago Tribune 23 Apr 2025
City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado, from left, University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez joke around while posing for a photo during an event launching Chicago Roadmap 2.0, a higher education partnership, on April 22, 2025....
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CPS, City Colleges and UIC announce expansion of transfer student partnership, unveiling ‘Chicago Roadmap 2.0’

Chicago Tribune 23 Apr 2025
Five years after its initial debut, Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago announced the expansion of their education partnership, presenting the launch of “Chicago Roadmap 2.0” on Tuesday at UIC’s student center....
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Business Tax Consultant in Chicago, IL Transforms from Struggling Immigrant to Millionaire by 25, Now ...

GetNews 23 Apr 2025
CHICAGO, IL - Jeff Badu's journey from Ghanaian immigrant to financial success story exemplifies the American dream that many aspire to achieve ... Badu's inspiring trajectory has led to the creation of The Badu Foundation, his newest venture focused on bringing financial literacy education to underserved communities throughout Chicago ... Chicago....
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Outgoing Chicago schools head on track to be Mass. education commissioner

The Sun Chronicle 23 Apr 2025
BOSTON — Pedro Martinez, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, is on track to become Massachusetts’s next education commissioner after a 9-0-2 vote of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday ... ....
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Outgoing Chicago schools head tapped for top Mass. job

Newburyport Daily News 23 Apr 2025
BOSTON — Pedro Martinez, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, is on track to become Massachusetts's next education commissioner after a 9-0-2 vote of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday ... ....
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Families with civil rights complaints say Trump's Education Department left them in limbo

Usatoday 23 Apr 2025
Protesters stage 'study-in' in front of Education Department. Protesters staged a "study-in" demonstration in front of the Education Department after President Donald Trump's executive order ... Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in December 2024 ... "The ultimate goal is to dismantle the Education Department," Biedermann said....
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National Science Foundation terminates hundreds of active research awards

The Spokesman-Review 23 Apr 2025
“Many people portray this as a war on the elite in higher education,” Ross said of the grant cancellations ... Terrell Morton, a STEM education researcher at the University of Illinois Chicago, found out about his grant cancellations Friday afternoon....
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Family of teen with autism sues Chicago Public Schools, alleges sexual assault in bathroom

Chicago Sun-Times 22 Apr 2025
Chicago Public Schools failed to abide by that element of his individual education plan,” Casper said at a news conference Monday morning ... The family is suing Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Board of Education and three Sullivan High School officials....

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