Education

Chicago Early Learning  is the City of Chicago's Early Learning Portal, where residents can easily find and compare early learning programs side-by-side. The site contains a custom search tool with pre-populated location names and a custom filter to find the best choice for you and your family browse by neighborhood. Parents and caregivers can do side-by-side comparisons of locations that are easy to print, share, and save Our text feature allows you to search for locations by zip code fro...

Youth-led Tech Summer 2016 is a technology mentoring program for youth ages 13-18 in three Chicago neighborhoods: Austin, North Lawndale, and Roseland. If the youth is 12 and will turn 13 by 8/5/16, they are also eligible to apply. We are also delivering a program in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. Overview The conceptual model for this program is “youth-led tech”, which means teaching technology in the context of the needs & priorities of young people. Youth lear...

Connect Chicago  is a loose network of more than 250 places in the city where internet and computer access, digital skills training, and online learning resources are available—for free. The work of these people in libraries , colleges , community centers , workforce  development  centers , and public housing  help create a vibrant culture of learning, making Chicago more globally competitive and an all-around better place to live and work. Connect Chicago is here to help all Chicago res...