Share on FacebookShare on TwitterRendering of the planned South Shore Technical High School. The first class is expected to attend the new school in fall 2028. South Shore Vocational Technical Residents of nine South Shore communities have overwhelmingly voted in favor of funding the construct...

When I was four years old, my dad’s job transferred him north, so he and my mom moved our family to Canada for six years. While living there, they decided that we should all become Canadian citizens. I don’t know what compelled my parents to go through the process of gaining citizenship for a...

Veterinarians have the best job around, according to a new report from Indeed that highlights the top 25 jobs for the year.The analysis, which highlights in-demand jobs with high pay, considers professions that have a minimum salary of $75,000 per year, have grown at least 20% in postings on Inde...

But over time, the economic rationale for becoming a teacher has collapsed. In a recent report for the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Allegretto — a senior economist at CEPR — finds that a profession that once offered women a 15 percent pay premium ...

I know more than a handful of West Side teenagers who can carjack Kia Optimas with a USB cable, but I also know nearly 100 Chicago students who can operate the excavators that are used in construction. While these tasks involve similar skills, the choice between the two can mean wildly different...