The Northampton organization Whole Children, which serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with indie rock band Yo La Tengo at 33 Hawley on ...

CHICAGO — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and other state officials met with members with the Illinois Black Caucus to sign HB 342 in to law on Thursday. That bill is a collection of several ...

The pandemic shed a bright light on something we already knew: The traditional school day is not enough to serve the whole child. Students in our school systems are struggling academically. From low ...

CHICAGO (WMBD) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton praised a House Bill 342, a measure signed Thursday by the governor that includes recommendations from the Whole Child Task ...

Montessori education focuses on developing confident, compassionate people. Country Montessori School is dedicated to providing children an education based on Dr. Maria Montessori’s principles that ...

We are all special and unique in our own ways. We all have something to contribute to ourselves and to others. Their is no else like you, nor have there ever been, nor ever will be. The circumstances ...

(Mass Appeal) – Do you have, or know, a child looking for a fun and educational environment where they can learn through robust programs, no matter what the child’s abilities are? Then you might want ...

There’s a lot of pressure today to “curate childhood.” Ben Blair, principal of Chicago’s Rogers Park Montessori School and a dad of two, knows this well. “I talk a lot with parents on the side of the ...

As the mother of a child who was diagnosed with leukemia at age 11, I have personally experienced how a childhood critical illness turns an entire family’s life upside down. It’s a worst nightmare ...