The term paper is disappearing
The high school research paper, that academic rite of passage riddled with footnotes and anchored by a bibliography, has faded from many classrooms, a consequence of larger class sizes that...
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Zion-Benton teachers head back to school after strike
Even as Zion-Benton Township High School reopens Wednesday after a four-day labor dispute, experts say the number of strikes may be declining because of the poor economy and a new...
Zion-Benton teachers head back to school after strike
Even as Zion-Benton Township High School reopens Wednesday after a four-day labor dispute, experts say the number of strikes may be declining because of the poor economy and a new...
High schools alert juniors to state testing changes
Illinois high school juniors this year will need to sweat through the grueling college entrance exam twice in order to apply to many top universities, a consequence of the state...
How we got this story about students learning to ask for help
As an education reporter, I routinely visit classrooms and observe students from pint-size preschoolers on up to high-school students on the brink of college. But it wasn't until I began...
How we got this story about students learning to ask for help
As an education reporter, I routinely visit classrooms and observe students from pint-size preschoolers on up to high-school students on the brink of college. But it wasn't until I began...
Asking for help isn’t easy for some students
Fourth-grader Kennedy Thielmann shot her hand in the air seconds after the teacher asked a question, while across the Evergreen Park classroom, Rodrigo Lopez called out an answer and Kevin...
Lincoln Park Zoo helps Chicago and Niger students connect for animal conservation
Stroll along Chicago's lakefront or tour the city's leafy neighborhoods and you may glimpse an eastern cottontail rabbit or a ring-billed gull. Walk by the riverbank of Niger's capital city...
Years later, tiniest U.S. babies mature into typical kids
Both Madeline Mann and Rumaisa Rahman shattered world records with their diminutive size at birth, each weighing less than a can of soda. But years later, both Chicago suburban residents...
Years later, tiniest U.S. babies mature into typical kids
Both Madeline Mann and Rumaisa Rahman shattered world records with their diminutive size at birth, each weighing less than a can of soda. But years later, both Chicago suburban residents...