Monthly Archives: February 2016
City Streamlines Early Learning System
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced reforms that will streamline the administration of early learning programs and invest the savings in extending full-day prekindergarten to approximately 1,000 additional children by the 2017-18… Read more
CPS Reduces School Budgets
As Chicago Public Schools works to stabilize its worsening finances, the District moved this week to take the unprecedented step of reducing school budgets midyear. Along with administrative cuts in… Read more
When Convicts Go To College
America spends $80 billion a year keeping criminals behind bars, but research has shown that cost could be reduced by making one thing more accessible to inmates – education. “We… Read more
Teach for America Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Nearly 15,000 guests gathered this past weekend in the nation’s capital for Teach For America’s 25th Anniversary Summit, celebrating the organization’s 25 years of impact supporting more than 10 million… Read more
University of Chicago Physicians First in U.S. to Implant Smallest Blood Pumping Device
A 66-year-old Gary, Ind., woman has become the first person in the country to receive an innovative mechanical heart pump that is the smallest and lightest of its kind. Physicians… Read more
Humboldt Park Teens Now Have Greater Access to Primary Medical Care
The Erie Teen Center, the Chicago area’s only freestanding health center providing specialized services just for teens and young adults, has moved, is expanding its hours and offering more confidential… Read more
Jeopardizing Mexican and Mexican American Investments
by Daniel Nardini It looks like the Donald Trump phenomenon is beginning to fade after the Iowa caucuses. But we are not out of the woods yet with Trump and… Read more
Take These Precautions to Avoid Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new interim guidelines to help prevent the sexual transmission of Zika virus, after confirming that the illness passed between… Read more
Spinach Casserole
Ingredients 10 (12-ounce) bags fresh leaf spinach, or 8 (10-ounce) boxes of frozen spinach, chopped 2 pounds ground beef 1 pound ground pork sausage 10 stalks celery, chopped 1 white… Read more
The Emerging Indigenous Dictator
by Daniel Nardini He has ruled Bolivia for ten years. Current Bolivian President Evo Morales and a huge entourage of indigenous Aymara and Quechua Amerindians held a large celebration in… Read more »