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The Code Fueling Chicago's Youth Violence

Elijah Anderson didn't need to watch the video of the beating death of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert or read about any other outbreak of violence among Chicago's youth in the past month to understand why they happened. The Yale sociologist has watched this coming for more than three decades – since he...

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Chicago's CeaseFire Program Targets Poor Youth in Dangerous Urban Neighborhoods

Nearly 700 children were hit by gunfire last year in Chicago, according to a report by NPR .

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02/01/12 Chicago Has Highest Murder Rate in the U.S. Source: BET.com It's well-known that gun violence is an issue for many inner cities across the U.S. But Chicago, in particular, has the most alarming rates, almost double that of New York City.
11/14/11 How Ghetto Is Your School? Source: NBC - WMAQ 5 - Chicago IL The Chicago Public Schools have now made school report cards available on an interactive map.
06/29/11 CPS Targeting Eight More Schools for Transformation Source: Chicago News Cooperative - Chicago IL The Chicago Public Schools will receive $50 million in federal money, enough to double the number of city schools undergoing changes as part of an ambitious turnaround program that often results in the ouster of principals and teachers and curriculum changes in the city's poorest-performing high schools.
05/27/11 Cubs welcome Urban Prep Charter Academies to Wrigley... Source: MLB - Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs will welcome Urban Prep Charter Academies Student Council Association Vice President Cedric Abdul Hakeem to throw a ceremonial first pitch on June 1 before the Cubs face the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field.
04/11/11 Fenger H S principal Things have gotten better here Source: Chicago Defender - Chicago IL There was a time when 16-year-old Sineare Johnson was ashamed to tell anyone she attended Christian Fenger Academy High School on the South Side. "It was embarrassing to listen to people talk about the school and the students," Johnson told the Defender.