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Push for teacher quality in Illinois takes toll on minority candidates
Across the nation, states are considering ways to make teaching a more selective profession. The push for “higher aptitude” teachers has often come from the nation’s top education officials. “In...
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Untangling TIFs
Many Chicagoans have heard the word TIF, but few people understand how they work, and they may even have trouble untangling all the threads related to this complicated economic development tool.TIF...
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Study: Poverty increases fast in Chicago suburbs
Chicago’s suburbs have nearly as many poor people as the city does, a study published Thursday says.The number of suburbanites living in poverty had grown to 629,564 by 2011, according to the study, a...
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For subsidized renters, CHA inspections may be first hint of foreclosure
When Johneece Cobb collected the mail not long ago at her home in Auburn Gresham, one piece of mail stuck out.“A letter came in a manila envelope and it said Citibank on it. It was [the landlord’s]. I...
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Afternoon Shift: Chicago Walk for Farm Animals, stop & frisk data and Sue...
Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur has campaigned to raise awareness about the abuses of industrialized farming for over 25 years.[View the story "Afternoon Shift: Chicago Walk for Farm...
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