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After School Matters

Applications open for After School Matters spring programs

By AustinTalks | February 2, 2021

Slots are available for approximately 8,000 young people to participate in the after-school program that begins the week of March 8. The programs will be offered remotely, as they have been since last summer. Teens will earn a stipend between $90 and $250 depending on the length and level of expertise required for the program.

reading

Austin 4th graders star in new book by Mari Barnes

By Ian Karbal | June 6, 2018

Bertina Booker’s 4th grade students at a Ella Flagg Young School helped the Hammond, Indiana, author with ideas for the book.

Austin

Plato avoids closure with contract renewal with CPS

By Xueer Zhang | December 8, 2017

The Chicago Board of Education voted this week to renew Plato Learning Academy’s contract for two years, giving the Austin school more time to improve its rating. Specific conditions for the contract renewal will be finalized with Plato’s operator early next year, officials say.

Austin

Eleven Austin schools who saw a bigger enrollment decline than expected won’t see more budget cuts this year

By Xueer Zhang | October 4, 2017

That’s good news, though some advocates say West Side students continue to suffer from too little funding over the years.

Chicago Public Schools

CPS strike averted with minutes to spare

By AustinTalks | October 11, 2016

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announced the tentative contract agreement late Monday night.

Chicago Public Schools

State lawmaker launches online petition to avert CPS strike

By Terry Dean | October 8, 2016

Teachers could be out of the classroom as early as Oct. 11 if talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and officials aren’t successful.

Opinion

Do West Side’s black leaders believe in public education or mass incarceration?

By Dwayne Truss | August 6, 2015

A longtime Austin resident urges his neighbors to advocate for their West Side schools, not charters.

News

Austin student wins Bank of America award

By T.J. Kremer III | July 6, 2015

Recent Frederick Douglass Academy High School graduate Dontae Burton will work an eight-week internship and travel to Washington, D.C., this summer before heading to college in the fall.

Community

Teens can apply for After School Matters

By AustinTalks | January 13, 2015

Programs start in schools, parks and many other locations the week of Feb. 2.

News

Youth plea for end to violence

By T.J. Kremer III | December 8, 2014

Students at Austin’s Banner Academy held a press conference Friday to push for peace.

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