Adeshina Emmanuel
chicagotribune.com
Chicago, IL, United States
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Tribune announces journalism partnership with nonprofit Injustice Watch to examine critical issues in the Chicago area’s diverse communities
We aim to spotlight the resilience of the residents in this region and reach more people in marginalized and underserved communities in both the city and suburbs. → Read More
Tribune announces journalism partnership with nonprofit Injustice Watch to examine critical issues in the Chicago area’s diverse communities
We aim to spotlight the resilience of the residents in this region and reach more people in marginalized and underserved communities in both the city and suburbs. → Read More
Spurred by Black Lives Matter, Coverage of Police Violence Is Changing
Newsrooms are moving away from privileging police accounts over those of police violence victims → Read More
The Chicago police union is trying to put its members on the state’s torture inquiry commission
Two bills introduced in the state legislature are “a smack in the face,” says one torture survivor. → Read More
On wishlists for the new school year in Chicago: Better grades, better lunches, safe schools
What's your hope for the school year? We asked parents, teachers, and students across several neighborhoods to weigh in. Common themes included better grades, more experiences like music classes and field trips, and safe schools. → Read More
5 big questions for Mayor Lori Lightfoot about Chicago school funding reform
Mayor Lori Lightfoot promised to reconsider how Chicago funds schools and explore ways to spend more on students with the most need. But that raises plenty of questions about how Chicago Public Schools will prioritize spending to be more equitable at the nation's third-largest school district. → Read More
Lessons from a Chicago school merger: Race, resilience, and an end-of-the-year resignation
Students on Chicago’s Near North Side lived through an unusual and high-stakes initiative this year: a community-driven effort to meld two schools — racially, economically, and culturally distinct — into one. → Read More
A guide to local favorites in Rogers Park
Visiting Rogers Park? Here's a neighborhood guide to bars, restaurants and sights in one of the most diverse communities in the greater Chicago area. → Read More
Lightfoot: New Chicago school board will stop making so many decisions behind closed doors
“The majority of the work that the school board does is going to have to be in the public,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “The days where everything was done in executive session, and then they come out and take a vote, that’s over.” → Read More
Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoints parents, former grads, educators for new Chicago school board
The new board includes people with deep experience in Chicago schools, from former graduates to a principal to parent and community advocates. → Read More
Chicago's shrinking public schools Hirsch and Uplift receive equity grants. Is it enough?
Despite "equity grants" to underenrolled campuses, small schools still puzzle over the quandary of how to deploy limited resources to attract more students and halt a downward slide that has landed shrinking schools on the chopping block. And they aren't just waiting on the school district to save them. → Read More
How to get teens to talk about tough topics? Start a student podcast.
The Hancock podcast club set out to teach members technical skills, and along the way address issues important to teens. But first, the students had to face the precise challenge that they sought to cover. → Read More
How to get teens to talk about tough topics? Start a student podcast.
The Hancock podcast club set out to teach members technical skills, and along the way address issues important to teens. But first, the students had to face the precise challenge that they sought to cover. → Read More
Chicago mayor's contest: Lightfoot, Preckwinkle and Daley vying for top two spots
Chicago’s crowded mayor’s race is headed toward a runoff, with early returns showing former prosecutor Lori Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley vying for the top two berths that will propel them into the finals. Initial returns showed Lightfoot, who → Read More
How it feels to be Javion: 16 and struggling to read in Chicago
How Javion became a high school student reading at the second-grade level is impossible to say for sure. But multiple forces played a role. → Read More
How it feels to be Javion: 16 and struggling to read in Chicago
He's a soft-spoken teenager who dreams of becoming a fashion designer. With a second-grade reading level, he risks becoming a terrible statistic. → Read More
Noble schools navigate uncertainty amid CEO scandal, new political climate
We’re Cassie Walker Burke, Adeshina Emmanuel and Yana Kunichoff, and we round up Chicago education news every week — just for you. → Read More
How diverse are the teachers in your Illinois school district? Find out here.
Chalkbeat Chicago compiled demographic data on teachers across Illinois, where about half of all public school students is a person of color but four in five teachers is white. → Read More
Online tool shows who makes the big bucks at Chicago schools
An online tool offers a look at the paychecks brought home by staff, educators and leadership at Chicago Public Schools. → Read More
Chicago releases school ratings: Fewer make the top tiers
Chicago has 13 fewer top-rated schools than it did the year before, according to new data the school district released Friday. But the number of low performers stayed about the same. → Read More