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Chicago's Been Canceling School Due to Extreme Cold For Decades [Updated]
By Whet Moser
In the 1970s, the city began to cancel school on the basis of extreme cold and high winds. Before that, kids were on their own. Read more
Not All the Chicago Crime News Last Year Was Bad
By Whet Moser
The city has found success in reducing violent crime with recent initiatives, which have influenced national ones—and new ones are on the horizon. Read more
U.S. Inequality: It’s a Skills Problem, Too
By Whet Moser
Well-educated Americans are generally about as capable as their developed-country peers. But the gap between the most- and least-skilled Americans is one of the highest in the first world. Read more
Meet Jesse Sharkey, the New Karen Lewis
By Carol Felsenthal
The Chicago Teachers Union vice president steps into the spotlight as the interim head. Read more
Why Are Helicopter Parents So Intense? Maybe They’re Scared
By Whet Moser
As the nation's job market places an increasingly high value on skills and a increasingly high price on failure, helicopter parenting is an economic adaptation. Read more
Q&A: Laurence Ralph on Injury and Resilience in Gangland Chicago
By Whet Moser
The Harvard anthropologist talks about his new book 'Renegade Dreams,' the work of three years observing a West Side Chicago neighborhood. Read more
Education Guru Diane Ravitch on Bruce Rauner: 'A Terrible Idea'
By Carol Felsenthal
The professor, an ally of Karen Lewis, describes an awkward argument with the blunt candidate over charter schools. Read more
Is Illinois Ready For a Progressive Income Tax?
By Whet Moser
A new poll finds a majority in support of raising taxes on the state's wealthiest residents—and the very well off support it the most. Read more
The 2014 Guide to Chicago’s Private High Schools
By Judy Sutton Taylor | Photography by Katrina Wittkamp
You may be toying with the idea of a private one. Read this first. Read more
How Chicago Private Schools Stack Up
We gathered data from 33 privates schools and 10 public schools. Read more
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