LEARN Charter alum Taylor Stewart credits her seven years of summer internships with the organization for helping her develop vital soft skills and gain practical experience.
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7 Rules for Radical Parents to Demand Great Education
My (almost) 5-year-old is super excited about September 12th. That’s the day when she and her 3-year-old brother will start their fall schedule as homeschool students. As we enter into another “Back to School” season, my heart is breaking for the thousands of families across Chicago that do not have that same sense of certainty about when school is going…
Four Things Parents Want From Santa
When I was in the early grades in my Chicago Public School on the west side, this was the time of year that we wrote letters to Santa. By third grade, I was pretty sure that Santa wasn’t real (or at least that my neighborhood wasn’t on his route), but there was something comforting about penning a little note to…