charter schools and the attack on public education

Chicago has the most militarized public school system in the nation, with Cadet Corps for students in middle school, over 10,000 students participating in JROTC programs, over 1,000 students enrolled in one of the five, soon-to-be six autonomous military high schools, and hundreds more attending one of the..

the many voices of journalism

By the idea of eating up foreign influences and spitting out something new, Abaporu, painted 90 years ago by Tarsila do Amaral, Brazil, helped create movement anthropophagy, driven.. ..

newcity: street smart chicago

Foreseeable Future A Review of In Canyon at Jackalope Theatre The world premiere of Calamity West's generation-spanning epic at Jackalope Theatre is definitive example of the bold work the company is best known for... ..

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Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity exhibition at Musée d'Orsay, Paris, September 25, 2012 January 20, 2013 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, February 26 May 27, 2013 and Art Institute of Chicago, June 26 September 22, 2013. ..

reforms in legal system progress

By the spate of bad news from, Working with DePaul University College of Law's International Human Rights Law Institute Chicago, Al-Sarraf and his partners say their work represents glimmer of hopeful change that has been shrouded Iraq... ..

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