Across the country, educators, kids and families have experienced major disruptions due to the pandemic – ones they are still undergoing. Here in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, Kidz Express offers direct support for kids and families. Through tutoring and homework help, we support their teachers, too. Kidz Express began when our two founders, Duane Ehresman and Warren King, were looking for…
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Friends of the Children Chicago Builds a Vital Bridge Between Families and Schools
Friends of the Children-Chicago cuts through the endless debate over whether to address poverty or education first by simply mentoring kids and families for the long haul.
In Defense of Cheaters: I Understand Why They Lied About Their Address to Go to That School
What do you know? The Chicago Public Schools Inspector General has discovered that families from affluent Chicago neighborhoods and even affluent Chicago suburbs have been using false residency information in order to gain access to some of Chicago’s top high schools. I would love to join the chorus of people roundly condemning this behavior, but I can’t shake the…