Midwest Computer, Inc. 32 computers, with monitors and peripherals, to the New Green School to fully equip a new computer lab. Other Debate Commission partners include CPS, Phi Betta Kappa and the League of Women Voters. First payment of a two-year grant. Last year, New Schools worked with 13 CPS schools. Dramagirls is a program for about 20 at-risk teenage girls in which the students learn skills such as drumming and each has an adult female mentor.
Artists work with teachers and students to use drama techniques to teach a variety of subjects.
Independent coverage of Chicago school reform since 1989.