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The Morton Schapiro Northwestern Academy for Chicago Public Schools enhances access and successful matriculation for academically motivated students. Thanks to the Academy, these talented individuals are on track to attend top-tier colleges and universities. To date, graduates have enrolled in more than 115 institutions, including Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
STEAMbassadors trains college-bound 18 to 24-year-olds from under-resourced communities to work with youth in neighborhoods lacking learning opportunities and role models in computer science, engineering, and the arts. They are assigned to local organizations partnering with the Chicago Department of Family Support Services in parks, libraries, and schools to create an out-of-school learning ecosystem across the city.
In 1926, the legendary U.S. Route 66 was established, A. A. Milne published his beloved children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, and Henry Ford implemented a pioneering 40-hour work week at his automobile factory.
Andrea Conklin Bueschel began serving as interim director of the Master's in Higher Education Administration and Policy program on Sept. 1, 2026.
The Northwestern Collaborative for Applied Research in Education (NCARE), a research-practice partnership that uses data to support students and teachers, is expanding its statewide reach through four new partnerships with Illinois school districts.
Miriam Gamoran Sherin has been named associate dean for master’s and professional education at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy, a new role that reflects the growing scope and importance of the master’s and professional programs.
A new federal proposal to loosen rules governing Head Start, the nation’s early childhood education program, will gut the program rather than streamline it, Northwestern University professor Terri Sabol argued in a Chicago Tribune opinion piece.
Northwestern's football program named six captains for the 2026 season — all current students or alumni of the School of Education and Social Policy.