The South East Chicago Commission (SECC) awarded eight Shirley Newsome Beautification Grants last week to neighborhood improvement projects around Hyde Park, Kenwood, Woodlawn, Washington Park and Oakland.
A first-of-its-kind in Chicago dormitory-style workforce training campus could be up and running in the Washington Park neighborhood within the next two years, pending community approval.
In the 2021-22 school year, 35.7% of Bloomingdale School District 13 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 29.2% of Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 36.2% of Naperville Community Unit School District 203 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.