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Related Article: Physical activity can boost academic performance
USA Today reporter Nanci Hellmich shares how Howell Wechsler, director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health for the CDC, reviewed 50 studies that examined the effect of school-based physical activity on academic performance. His findings support that PE class and recess can be a win-win for stuents' health and academics. Click here to read the full article.Continue reading "Related Article: Physical activity can boost academic performance "
Watch a Film on Dropout Prevention
InsideOut is filmed in two maximum security prisons and captures the powerful stories of inmates who dropped out of school. This film is used as a tool for dropout prevention. Over the years it has impacted milions of students in the U.S. and Canada. It's endorsed by America's Promise Alliance, Communities In Schools, and the National Dropout Prevention Center.
Watch the full film at The Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State Street, Chicago) on February 9 from 11-1pm. Please RSVP to Debi Calhoun at debi@mattiecstewart.org.
Related Article: Chicago Public Schools breakfasts are big on doughnuts and sugary cereals
Monica Eng, reporter for The Chicago Tribune, reports about the high sugar content in Chicago Public Schools breakfasts. Click here to read the full article.
Related Article: A Moo Moo Here, and Better Test Scores Later
The New York Times reporter Javier Hernandez reports on Harlem student's success when they learn by doing. Click here to read the article.
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Related Article: For Chicago Public Schools, gym class finishes last
On September 8, 2009 Chicago Tribune reporter Monica Eng wrote an interesting article on the limited physical education class offering in Chicago Public Schools and the important link between physical fitness and academic performance. Click here to read the article.
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Related Article: At troubled schools, more reform
Educators, kids view latest push to fix campuses with hope, skepticismTribune reporter Azam Ahmed writes a fascinating article about turnaround CPS schools and highlights Urban Initiatives school site - Sherman. Click here to read the full article.
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Chicago Tribune: The Places We Call Home
The Chicago Tribune reporter Barbara Mahany features UI participant Keyshawn Steele and UI friend and supporter Mawi Asgedom sharing tales of the thigns that transform a space into some place magical:
Chicago Tribune: Hidden Wounds of Violence
The Chicago Tribune reports on the 'public health crisis' associated with youth witnesses to violence in underserved Chicago communitites. The article features past Urban Initiatives participant and brave student De'Jour Stewart. Click here to read the full story ››
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