Opinion
This ain’t magic
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One longtime Austin resident celebrates the fact that five young men in his family have graduated from college and extols others to not let their children succumb to the bigotry of low expectations.
Community
More job seekers complete training on West Side
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Since 2013, more than 70 have graduated from the program, run by Bethel New Life in partnership with World Business Chicago’s 1000 Jobs for Chicagoland and The Technology & Manufacturing Association.
Community
Students, parents, advocates march for “solutions not suspensions”
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The Sept. 29 “Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline” event united residents citywide to speak out against practices that take students out of school.
Community
Introspect Youth Services to host annual campus-bound cookout Saturday
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Food, games and entertainment will be provided.
Community
Afterschool program improves graduation rates
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More than 100 Austin students participate in the Stay in School initiative, a collaboration between Exelon, ComEd and United Way.
Opinion
CPS grad defends mayor for sending his children to private school
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Sean Hopkins, a student at Knox College, is thankful he was able to graduate from a charter school.
News
West Side high school celebrates a milestone
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The first class of graduates at Austin Polytechnical Academy earned their diplomas last month. Read the final installment of the Chicago News Cooperative’s year-long series that chronicled the journal of three seniors.
News
Church awards thousands in college scholarships
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Fifteen students are getting financial help from the Third Unitarian Church program, which started in the 1970s.
News
Austin siblings make education their priority
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Both earn four-year scholarships through the Pullman Foundation.