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McCarthy Renuncia; Los Funcionarios de la Ciudad Hablan
Por: Ashmar Mandou El Superintendente Garry McCarthy anunció su renuncia el martes, en una conferencia de prensa al lado del Alcalde Rahm Emanuel, quien presionó la decisión de McCarty. El… Read more
Simposio de Paternidad Gratis para Promover la Participación de los Padres
El nombrado Presidente Jeffery M. living moderará el simposio anual del Concilio de Paternidad Responsable (ICRF) el sábado, 19 de diciembre, de 11:30 a.m. a 4:30 p.m. en la Biblioteca… Read more
Having the Sex Talk with Teens Encourages Safer Sex
Discussions about safer sex between parents and their adolescent children—particularly mothers and daughters—have a modest but significant effect on safer sex practices among teens, ScienceDaily reports. Publishing their findings in… Read more
CPS Students Set New Records on AP Exams
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that more than 20,700 students took at least one Advanced Placement (AP) exam last year, an increase of more than 4 percent from the previous… Read more
Cicero’s Aburto Coauthors Top Paper at National Conference
Northern Michigan University associate professor Jessica Thompson and undergraduate student Jose Aburto from Cicero, Ill., won the Top Paper in Environmental Communication Award at the National Communication Association Conference in… Read more
Illinois Parents, Students Park the PARCC: Students opt out, State Board of Ed refuses to release data
At least 20,000 students in Illinois public schools did not participate in PARCC testing this past spring, according to More Than A Score, a coalition fighting high-stakes standardized testing in… Read more
Martinez Calls for Pension Systems to Promote Diversity During Hearing
Majority Caucus Whip Iris Y. Martinez (D-Chicago) participated in a two-day Senate Special Committee on Pensions and Investments Hearing this week regarding the diversity of pension investment managers. “It became… Read more
Madigan Releases Annual Holiday Safe Shopping Guide
Attorney General Lisa Madigan released her annual Safe Shopping Guide highlighting hazardous toys, children’s products and household items that have been recalled over the past year to help Illinois families… Read more
Jacob Meister Collects Signatures in Bid to Bring Accountability, Transparency to the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court
Jacob Meister filed nominating petitions for the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. “Now that our nominating petitions have been filed, we start our campaign to… Read more
Illinois American Water Names Mike Smyth Vice President of Operations
Mike Smyth has been promoted to Vice President of Operations for Illinois American Water, effective November 9th, 2015. Smyth has served as sr. operations manager of field service and production… Read more
