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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Karen Lewis, Politics, Students, Walter Burnett, Jr., Chicago Mayor
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Five books: local crime authors appearing at Lit Fest
In “The Devil's Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce wrote, “There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another...
Tags: Authors, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Bellaire, Lawyers
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More poor live in suburbs than urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Poverty, Authors, Environmental Issues, South Holland
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Dan Persa still wants to stay connected to football
Dan Persa was back on a football field in Bethlehem on Saturday afternoon and looked right at home. Persa, the former Liberty High and Northwestern University quarterback, is likely done as a player, but that doesn't mean he doesn't still love the...
Tags: Muhlenberg College, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Big East Conference, College Sports, Ethics
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Review: "Mickey and Willie" by Allen Barra
Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts. Baseball biographies and autobiographies have a similar success rate. Too many are publicity-...
Tags: Sports, College Baseball, Research, Mining, Metal and Mineral
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Technology, Chicago Tribune, Engineering, Autism, Learning Disability
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Falling in love? Get it in writing
David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984. And it was a strictly platonic relationship. "We were two of about 13 African-American freshman journalism students at...
Tags: Near South Side, Students, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Education, Journalism
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Maine West teacher wins Golden Apple
It's not every day that teachers get surprised by media, family and co-workers, but that's exactly what happened during Maine West fine arts teacher Gregory Regalado's Digital Imaging class at Maine West High School last week, when he found out that he...Tags: WTTW, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Winnetka Club scholarships awarded
When New Trier High School senior Francesca Gambacorta is not studying chemistry, she can usually be found in another kind of class where she trades textbooks for kicks and punches. Gambacorta, 17, of Wilmette, has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. She was...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Chemistry, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Students
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Northwestern junior competes for $100,000 on 'Jeopardy!'
For RedEyeNorthwestern University junior Daniel Donohue may or may not have won $100,000 in the "Jeopardy!" College Championship. You'll have to watch the two-week tournament starting Monday to find out for sure. Donohue was selected to compete on the show against...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jeopardy!, Colleges and Universities, Students, Georgetown
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'Big Fish' writer chats with the minnows
A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films). They'...
Tags: Big Fish (movie), David Pasquesi, Veep (tv program), Skype, Steven Spielberg
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