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    Jan 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Dawn Turner Trice: Dance instructor takes steps to overcome illness

    You might find Cescily Washington teaching a dance class at a Chicago public school, standing before her young students dressed in her black leotard with her hair pulled back into a bun.
    You might find Cescily Washington teaching a dance class at a Chicago public school, standing before her young students dressed in her black leotard with her hair pulled back into a bun. Other times she's preparing for upcoming events, such as the North...

    Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Mavis Staples, Charter Schools, Arts and Culture, Dawn Turner Trice

    2. Mar 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Time for CPS parents to step in

    <strong><em>&quot;Becky Carroll, a (Chicago Public Schools) spokeswoman, argued that big classes don't necessarily hamper learning. 'It's the quality of teaching in that classroom,' Carroll said. 'You could have a teacher that is high-quality that could take 40 kids in a class and help them succeed.'" </em></strong>
    "Becky Carroll, a (Chicago Public Schools) spokeswoman, argued that big classes don't necessarily hamper learning. 'It's the quality of teaching in that classroom,' Carroll said. 'You could have a teacher that is high-quality that could take 40 kids in...

    Tags: Public Schools, Education, Schools, Brookings Institution, Teaching and Learning

    3. Feb 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Dawn Turner Trice: Lester and Nancy McKeever's South Shore legacy

    Meet the McKeevers.
    Meet the McKeevers. Last week, Lester and Nancy McKeever moved out of the penthouse apartment where they've lived for nearly 40 years. If you only knew that the McKeevers are one of Chicago's longtime power couples, then maybe that would be enough...

    Tags: Federal Reserve, Entertainment, Politics, Dawn Turner Trice, Lobbying

    4. Jan 9, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Trice: Obama-inspired quilt exhibit had troubled past

    When Jim Smoote II completed his quilt, called &quot;Obama 44," in time for an exhibition that opened in Washington for the 2009 presidential inauguration, he expected that the exhibit &mdash; like others he'd been involved in &mdash; would travel widely to museums in cities around the country.
    When Jim Smoote II completed his quilt, called "Obama 44," in time for an exhibition that opened in Washington for the 2009 presidential inauguration, he expected that the exhibit — like others he'd been involved in — would travel widely to...

    Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Uptown, Barack Obama, Museums, Arts and Culture

    5. Feb 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. History is for the young

    National science fairs, spelling bees and spoken word contests seem to get their share of attention. But over the next few days, schools in the Chicago area will host a less-heralded competition &mdash; their history fairs, with students hoping to win and eventually make it to the annual National History Day event in Maryland in June.
    National science fairs, spelling bees and spoken word contests seem to get their share of attention. But over the next few days, schools in the Chicago area will host a less-heralded competition — their history fairs, with students hoping to win and...

    Tags: Chicago Public Library, Hotels and Accommodations, Justice and Rights, Music, Teaching and Learning

    6. Jan 23, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. CPS chief forcing coaches to set better example

    Barbara Byrd-Bennett still remembers how often her daughter, Nailah, quoted coaches of every sport growing up in New York.
    Barbara Byrd-Bennett still remembers how often her daughter, Nailah, quoted coaches of every sport growing up in New York. Nowadays, Byrd-Bennett frequently hears similar reverence repeated from her twin grandsons, who just started playing football....

    Tags: High School Sports, Chicago State University, Public Schools, Basketball, Rahm Emanuel

    7. Mar 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. CSO's Citizen Musician seeks right note

    A little more than two years ago, the curtain lifted on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra-led Citizen Musician initiative, and CSO Association President Deborah Rutter told an overflow crowd at the Chicago Cultural Center: &ldquo;All of you are citizen musicians. We consider you our foot soldiers in the movement.&rdquo;
    A little more than two years ago, the curtain lifted on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra-led Citizen Musician initiative, and CSO Association President Deborah Rutter told an overflow crowd at the Chicago Cultural Center: “All of you are citizen...

    Tags: Music Theater, Poetry, Warrenville, Music, Cultural Development

    8. Feb 6, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Oscar Micheaux: A legend's links

    Leroy Collins never says anything about it. He never tells his neighbors he was once a movie star &mdash; <em>once</em>.
    Leroy Collins never says anything about it. He never tells his neighbors he was once a movie star — once. Collins is 89 and lives by himself in the Montgomery Place retirement community in Hyde Park. Scientists who worked on the Manhattan...

    Tags: Literature, Arthritis, James Earl Jones, Roosevelt University, Pullman

    9. Oct 10, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Chicago is Yo-Yo Ma's cultural soapbox

    The Chicago Public Schools, the Silk Road Ensemble, the Humanities Festival, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Citizen Musician, &quot;cultural entrepreneurship" &mdash; Yo-Yo Ma has a way of filling his plate during his now-frequent visits to Chicago.
    The Chicago Public Schools, the Silk Road Ensemble, the Humanities Festival, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Citizen Musician, "cultural entrepreneurship" — Yo-Yo Ma has a way of filling his plate during his now-...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Humanities Festival, Music, Entertainment

    10. Jan 31, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Kass: Moutza of the Month — now with preferential treatment

    Big Jim Thompson and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons insist there was no &quot;preferential treatment" for formerly imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan.
    Big Jim Thompson and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons insist there was no "preferential treatment" for formerly imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan. But we're all about preferential treatment here today. You're a former governor, Big Jim, and a former...

    Tags: George Ryan, Manti Te'o, Barack Obama, Oxygen (tv network), Rahm Emanuel

    11. Jan 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Disney-style princesses show staying power

    Before I explain what it was like to be a childless man surrounded by Disney princesses and the parents who love (and bankroll) them, seated by himself at Disney on Ice and soaking in princess culture &mdash; a story:
    Before I explain what it was like to be a childless man surrounded by Disney princesses and the parents who love (and bankroll) them, seated by himself at Disney on Ice and soaking in princess culture — a story: Once upon a time … There...

    Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, United Center, Walt Disney, Arts and Culture, The Little Mermaid (movie)

    12. Jan 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Chicago students reach new heights in mentoring program

    The first time Ronaldo Gonzalez met Matthew Bambrick, there was a slight communication glitch.
    The first time Ronaldo Gonzalez met Matthew Bambrick, there was a slight communication glitch. Ronaldo, a third-grader at the Lozano Bilingual & International Center, didn't catch a first name for Bambrick, a security specialist at Exelon Corp. So...

    Tags: Elementary Schools, Education, Chicago Loop, Schools, Teaching and Learning

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