More Children Changing Gender Or Choosing Both
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CHICAGO — From the time they are born, we put our boys in blue beanies and our girls in pink ones. It’s a societal norm, an expectation even, that you just are what you are born – a boy or a girl. From early on, we divide toys and activities by very distinct gender lines, with superheroes and trucks and muck on one side and princesses and dolls and
...Union and Parents File New Suit in Chicago School Closures
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The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and a group of Chicago parents are asking a circuit court to block the school board from shutting down ten of the city’s schools. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the plaintiffs claim that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) violated its own guidelines by disregarding the recommendations of independent hearing officers w
CPS Graduation Rate Hits Record High
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The district says attendance is also up: the district is on track for an attendance rate just under 93 percent this year, an increase over last year's 92.5 percent and the 2010-2011 year's rate of 91.7 percent, NBC Chicago reports. That's more than 4,000 of the city's children attending school regularly than two years ago.
"This graduation rate is
4 Killed, 9 Injured in Overnight Chicago Violence
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At least nine people were injured and four others were killed, including a woman police say was in the wrong place at the wrong time, during a violent night in Chicago.
Police said the 56-year-old woman was apparently caught in gang crossfire when she was gunned down at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of East 79th Street.
The woman was
Obama Visits Chicago Today For Fundraising Events
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President Barack Obama returns to Chicago this week to attend fundraising events for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
The visit comes after Obama toured the Jersey Shore Tuesday and checked recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy caused $40 billion worth of damage in October and destroyed nearly 350,000 homes.
The White House says
