I heard Abner Mikva’s story before I ever met Abner Mikva. I was a seventh-grader on the West Side of Chicago, desperately addicted to Windy City politics, community organizing and the like, when I...
Administrators are quick to tell us how good their schools are but if we really want to know about their quality, we should ask the real experts: students. When I was in public school, I can remember...
If I had the chance to talk with myself a year ago—a high school senior about to become a college freshman—here are some things I would say: The Freshman 15 is not a myth. Eating healthy is difficult...
Fraternal twins Kemonte and Kymon Harrington are members of the first graduating class of the Noble Network of Charter Schools’ Hansberry College Prep in Chicago. Kemonte applied to 13 colleges and...
On the morning of Tuesday, April 16, 2016, the first day Santee Education Complex’s gender-neutral bathroom officially opened, things kicked off quietly. “People were just using it. The atmosphere...
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