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Youth Counseling Program Proves to be Effective, Study Finds

Sixteen-year-old Jamal Lockett was gunned down in the South Shore neighborhood over a dispute involving a bicycle. Two groups of kids were arguing on a Saturday afternoon about whether someone stole a bike from someone else. Minutes later, a 17-year-old pulled out a gun out of his waistband and fired into the other group. “Violence [...]

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Are Latino Students Ready for Common Core Standards?

Before CPS implements Common Core State Standards across district schools, the Latino Policy Forum holds a symposium to discuss potential academic achievement gaps among Latinos. Imagine this— two 4th-grade students having a text-based argument. Each student with a book in their hand—citing, talking, discussing and arguing about a particular subject, around a piece of text. [...]