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Photograph; Newly appointed board member, XX, is introduce at the Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday June 26, 2013. | Jessica Koscielniak ~ Chicago Sun-Times My name is Victoria Benson, I’m the Chairperson of the LSC at Portage Park Elementary School. I’m here to advise you that [...]

The school-to-prison pipeline: growing up in a system designed for failureThe criminalization of student behavior and mass incarceration By Rebekah Skelton | Originally Published at Rebekah Skelton. February 15, 2013 The school-to-prison pipeline is a national trend that involves taking students out of public schools and [...]

Dan Ariely challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal…is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick. I hope to lead you there by presenting a wide range of scientific [...]

School Violence on the Rise In the last few weeks, [Fall of 2006], school shootings have dominated the news. The frequency of these seems to be increasing. People throughout the nation are panicking; what are we to do? President George W. Bush spoke of this situation [...]