Education & Social Service

A new University program helps Chicago high school students navigate obstacles to college.

A two-day workshop helps grad students shift to the other side of the desk.

New Girl Scout chief of staff Nhadine Leung, AB’90, bleeds green.
May–June/12
Jessie Taft, PhB 1905, PhD 1913, was a matriarch of modern social work.

The Core, Winter/12

Woodson Middle School’s “difficult kids” get to know their principal—and each other—well.

Excerpts from our conversation with retired Laboratory Schools teacher Vivian Gussin Paley, PhB’47.
Retired Laboratory Schools teacher Vivian Gussin Paley, PhB’47, writes about the importance of play in early schooling
How can we better prepare PhD students for nonacademic careers?
Urban Education Institute director Timothy Knowles explains why there's reason for hope in Chicago Public Schools.
If putting together an issue on education taught us one thing, it's that we have much yet to learn.