📚 The new laws affecting CPS students

Changes Coming to CPS This Year

This is the first school year with Mayor Brandon Johnson at the helm and a school board that will have to cede some control in 16 months as Chicago transitions to an elected school board. From CPS buildings to addressing learning loss and a new teachers contract, here are some of the ways the new mayor and his board will be impacting CPS schools this year. [WBEZ]

• Related: Is CPS prepared to support an influx of migrant school children? [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

Hazing at Northwestern, Then and Now

As the university faces more than a dozen lawsuits alleging sexual abuse, racist comments, and assaults across multiple sports, over 1,000 former athletes wrote a letter both condemning hazing and also defending the school’s athletic culture. But the university has been grappling with hazing for more than a century. Meanwhile, fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald was named a volunteer coach for Loyola Academy’s football team. [Chicago Tribune 🔒]

Street Fests Struggling With Rising Costs

Festival organizers say free events are getting more expensive than ever to produce, and many events are calling it quits as rising costs are forcing some organizers out of business. [Block Club]

Last Week’s Winner

Answer: Oakwood Beach is home to the Secret Mermaid. We have two-time winner Lakenzie W. back with another set of clues. (Lakenzie quizzed us on the MF Doom mural earlier this year.)

This Week’s Clues

Where can you find this railroad car? Reply correctly for a chance to pick next week’s clues.

• It’s housed in one of Chicago’s museums.
• The museum is located near a park named after a U.S. president and Illinois congressman.
• This railroad car is the first passenger car to operate on the Chicago L system in 1893.

Mixology Class in West Town 🍸 Monday | 7 p.m.

Learn how to craft cocktails and take your bartending skills to the next level. [$45]

Selena Tribute Concert Downtown 👑 Wednesday | 6 p.m.

Head to Millennium Park for a tribute to the legendary queen of Tex-Mex and cumbia music. [Free]

Jay Pharaoh in Wicker Park 🤣 Saturday | 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

Catch a special taping of the comedian and SNL alum at The Den Theatre. [$26]

Is CPS Ready for New Migrant Students?

Chicago Public School students are back at school today, including probably thousands of newly-arrived migrant children. We say probably because CPS hasn’t been able to provide specific data on just how many migrant students have enrolled in schools.

We’re talking with Chalkbeat Chicago’s Max Lubbers and bilingual elementary school teacher Gabriel Paez to learn how the district has prepared to welcome this influx of new students.