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New report shows strong connection between school attendance, student achievement

Low-income, Black and Latino students are missing school at elevated rates CHICAGO – After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted schooling ...

DPI’s teacher training program is a Chicago Innovation Award finalist

Students and teachers learn side by side in a computational summer intensive. The CS Summer Intensives teacher education program at ...

Where are they now? Chenille Lawrence

Chenille Lawrence came back to speak to Digital Scholars in 2025. For this Where Are They Now? segment, we catch ...

A new teacher program and other highlights from PTTL’s summer

Jeremy Riel leads a session in the InnovatEd program for preservice teachers. Since 2020 and the inaugural cohort of Digital ...

A DPI researcher helps understand flooding in Cicero, IL

Residents of Cicero, Illinois have a powerful resource to understand flooding in their area — and potentially to reduce future floods. ...

Researcher Ryan Corey studies better hearing through sensing networks

Most people hear through two ears. What if you could hear through hundreds? Ryan Corey, who leads the Listening Technology ...

Lack of Cannabis Education Leaves Future Prescribers With a Missing Tool

At last count, 48 US states, Washington DC, and 3 territories have legalized cannabis for medical/therapeutic purposes, and 24 ...

New report shows higher education leads to higher income in Illinois

However, disparities persist in college access, employment outcomes, earnings. CHICAGO – The value of a college education has been under scrutiny ...

Report: Illinois graduates who earn college degrees make more money, but racial disparities persist

Illinois high school students who went on to obtain a college degree earn more money than their peers with only ...

DPI at the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress

A mural at SRI. The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress came to the United States for the first time in ...

Growing knowledge, connections with the Cannabis Research Institute

Cannabis Research Institute logo. After its formal launch in November, the Cannabis Research Institute is now headed into Year 2. ...

DPI hosts City Scholars this spring

An image from Find and Connect, the app on which Billy Huang worked as a City Scholar. Billy Huang and ...

New report shows strong connection between school attendance, student achievement

Low-income, Black and Latino students are missing school at elevated rates CHICAGO – After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted schooling ...

DPI’s teacher training program is a Chicago Innovation Award finalist

Students and teachers learn side by side in a computational summer intensive. The CS Summer Intensives teacher education program at ...

Where are they now? Chenille Lawrence

Chenille Lawrence came back to speak to Digital Scholars in 2025. For this Where Are They Now? segment, we catch ...