Aurora

Los educadores se manifestaron esta mañana frente a una escuela primaria de Aurora. Es parte de un “Día de Acción” a nivel nacional en protesta contra los esfuerzos de la administración Trump por desmantelar el Departamento de Educación y atacar los programas de diversidad escolar. Peter Medlin tiene más información…

On a brand-new Teachers' Lounge, Julie is a physics teacher who encourages her students to learn through play. Sometimes that looks like rolling food cans down the hallway and sometimes that looks like her students growing synthetic rubies in a microwave!

Educators rallied outside of an Aurora elementary school this morning. It’s part of a nationwide “Day of Action” protesting the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and target school diversity programs. Peter Medlin has more…

On a new Teachers’ Lounge podcast -- we all want to eat good food and we all want to live in a beautiful home. So, when you teach Food and interior design like Katey -- it’s not that hard to make the lessons feel relevant.

Students bring their voice to northern Illinois school boards."There're so many students who want to make change, and I just feel like they don't know where to start.”How can these students represent all students -- even the elementary schoolers? Learn more...

Recientemente en un sábado frío por la tarde, se juntaron gente en la Biblioteca Pública de Aurora para hacer una lluvia de ideas en cómo pueden apoyar a migrantes en el área rodeando Chicago.

The ideas generated at the two-hour session, organizers say, will be synthesized and offered for the group to review at its next meeting.

La ciudad de Aurora fue uno de los varios suburbios de Chicago que pasó una orden autoritativa local para disuadir la llegada de autobuses transportando a migrantes en los límites de la ciudad. La ciudad de Chicago pasó una orden similar que penaliza a operadores de autobuses por dejar a migrantes sin aviso.

Aurora was among the handful of suburbs in the greater Chicagoland area that quickly moved to pass a local ordinance to discourage the arrival of buses transporting migrants from arriving in their city limits. Chicago passed a similar ordinance that penalizes bus operators for unscheduled drop offs.

Technology has given consumers an easy button when it comes to buying and listening to music. An Aurora hip-hop artist and a Batavia record store owner are bypassing the current technology by going old-school for an upcoming music project.