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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue

    Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother recently told a panel of health experts.
    Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother...

    Tags: Family, Teaching and Learning, American Heart Association, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Berkeley

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Fed no ha rebajado lo suficiente las tasas de interés: Kocherlakota

    Reuters
    CHICAGO, 17 mayo (Reuters) - La Reserva Federal no ha hecho lo suficiente para rebajar los costos del endeudamiento en Estados Unidos e impulsar el crecimiento económico, dijo el viernes un importante funcionario de la Fed, citando su panorama de una...
    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. DePaul arena part of broader plan to boost Chicago tourism

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded.
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...

    Tags: Politics, Navy Pier, Government, McCormick Place, Springfield

    4. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. WWS student named Presidential Scholar

    Wheaton resident Adam Erickson might be one of the only students anywhere to call a six-hour test "a fun time."
    Wheaton resident Adam Erickson might be one of the only students anywhere to call a six-hour test "a fun time." But then, he scored a perfect 36 on the ACT, has Advanced Placement classes in everything but gym, is sixth in his class of 500 and plans...

    Tags: Education, Science and Technology, Students, Loyola University Chicago, Yale University

    5. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland

    Reuters
    By Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...

    Tags: Authors, Economic Inequality, Newspaper and Magazine, Money and Monetary Policy, Credit and Debt

    6. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?

    Reuters
    SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity, particularly between those at...

    Tags: Authors, Economic Inequality, Newspaper and Magazine, Money and Monetary Policy, Credit and Debt

    7. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Lawuits say school closings unfair,discriminate against blacks

    The Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal next week will not put an end to the controversy.
    Tribune reporter
    The Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal next week will not put an end to the controversy. The...

    Tags: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Lawyers, Autism, Separation of Church and State

    8. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Making sense of scandals

    The Obama administration's first term was remarkably free of scandals. The second term is making up for lost time. Some of the President Barack Obama's harshest critics have even begun comparing him to President Richard Nixon, a byword for corruption, secrecy and abuse of power.
    The Obama administration's first term was remarkably free of scandals. The second term is making up for lost time. Some of the President Barack Obama's harshest critics have even begun comparing him to President Richard Nixon, a byword for corruption,...

    Tags: Politics, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, White House, Taxation

    9. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. At least 7 wounded in shootings across Chicago

    A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said.
    Tribune reporters
    A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said. The man, 34, was shot in the 9900 block of South Walden Parkway about 12:30 p....

    Tags: South Lawndale, Jackson Park, Hospitals and Clinics, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Shootings

    10. May 16, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  10. Does kindergarten focus too much on 123s and basic skills?

    Sentinel School Zone
    A recent study suggests that kindergarten teachers spend too much time teaching students skills they already know. Specifically, teachers reported spending as much as 13 days a month on counting and basic shapes, even though 95 percent of children can...

    Tags: Education, Schools, Vanderbilt University , Preschools, Colleges and Universities

    11. May 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Nate Silver: In Hollywood, 'Nobody knows anything'

    Predictability and the arts-and-entertainment world have an uneasy relationship.
    Predictability and the arts-and-entertainment world have an uneasy relationship. Predictability is a given — like the mouthfeel of a Big Mac — when it comes to, say, the punch lines on "Two and a Half Men" or the beats of your average...

    Tags: Politics, Judaism, Argo (movie), Steven Spielberg, Django Unchained (movie)

    12. May 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. 2 dead, 11 wounded in shootings across Chicago

    Two men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across Chicago, police said.
    Tribune reporters
    Two men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across Chicago, police said. One of the fatal shootings occurred around 12:40 a.m. when a gunman emerged...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Oak Lawn, Chicago Fire Department, South Chicago

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