February 16, 2013

Chicago Public Library Steps In During Teacher Strike

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The Chicago Public Library is on hand this week to help absorb the influx of students who’ve been displaced as teachers continue their first strike in 25 years.

Chicago Kids Read a Record 1.5 Million Books as Part of Rahm’s Readers Summer Reading Program

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Some 60,232 Chicago kids read more than 1.5 million books this summer, thanks to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Rahm’s Readers, the Chicago Public Library’s summer reading program. Studies show that children who participate in summer reading programs maintain or improve their reading skills and start school ready to learn.