Melissa Esparza is one of about 700,000 teens — or one in 30 high schoolers aged 13 to 17 — who experience unaccompanied homelessness in a given year, according to data from Chapin Hall, a policy and research center based at the University of Chicago. The center also estimates that one in 30 kids between 13 and 17 experience unaccompanied homelessness — meaning they lack both a stable residence and a parent or guardian.
Bad behavior in middle school could lead to a failure to graduate high school on time, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor.
On The 21st: What will the University of Illinois’ plans for a new innovation complex in Chicago’s South Loop mean for the state? Plus, we talk to NPR’s Richard Harris about his new book, “Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions.”
The University of Illinois plans a Chicago news conference Thursday to announce plans for a new public-private innovation center near downtown Chicago that would partner the Urbana-Champaign campus with two other research institutions.
On the 21st: Do you ever wonder if dirt really is good for kids? We speak about how our gut and other bacteria affect our health with an expert in microbial biology. Plus, a Supreme Court decision this week on free speech involves the Asian-American band The Slants. Bassist and founder Simon Tam joined us to share what his decade-long fight means for free speech and the Asian American community.
