by Supporting Education | Sep 7, 2020 | News, Student Issues
In 1918 and 1919, the Spanish flu infected an estimated half a billion people—nearly a third of the population of the planet at the time—and killed between 17 and 50 million, including between 500,000 and 850,000 Americans (the wide variances in numbers are due to...
by Sarah Green | Jun 15, 2018 | News, Student Issues
In 2013, Chicago’s school district had a $1 billion hole in their budget. The deficit was years in the making, despite numerous local tax levies passing to try to fill it. When the district closed 50 schools as a result, they promised the families of relocated...
