Phalanx Family Services and CLX Focus on Digitally-Enabled Careers
One of the most rewarding parts of Chicago Learning Exchange’s (CLX) work is supporting innovative and engaging learning experiences as…
Find out how Chicago Learning Exchange and our partners are remaking learning in Chicago.
Energizing Opportunities Teaching Assistant/Peer Mentor Position
Energizing Opportunities Teaching Assistant/Peer Mentor Grade 11 Summer Earn & Learn Program The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX), with support from…
Energizing Opportunities
With support from the Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation, the Chicago Learning Exchange is leading Energizing Opportunities, an innovative project to illuminate learning pathways to careers in the electrical utilities industry for high school-age youth.
New Beginnings and a Fond Farewell
Long-time CLX community member and educator Gina L. Grant has been named CLX's Director of Community. Gina is picking up the community leadership baton from Jia Lok Pratt, who has served as CLX’s Network Curator for the past 18 months, organizing convenings and professional development offerings, and helping the community through the transition from Hive Chicago to CLX.
CLX-Supported Teen Lit Fest Celebrates Fourth Year
What do you get when 33 lit-loving Chicago teens collaborate for eight months to share their passion for words with their peers? The ChiTeen Lit Fest -- a by-teens, for-teens literary festival for youth aged 13-19.
Thousands of Learners and Families Celebrate Remake Learning Days Chi
Last month from May 16 -19, 2019, the Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) presented Remake Learning Days Chi (RLD Chi), Chicago’s first festival for the future of learning and work. CLX collaborated with founding partners WTTW Kids, Project Exploration, Chicago City of Learning, and EvanSTEM, and over 70 events hosts from Chicago to Evanston to make the vision a reality. Together, through Remake Learning Days Chi, we turned Chicago neighborhoods, particularly on the South and West sides, into a learning laboratory.
April 2019 CLX Community Meetup
April Meetup at Columbia College's Conaway Center Rain or shine, the Chicago Learning Exchange invites you to connect, share, and…
TEENS H2O Challenges Students to Become Citizen Scientists
Happiness comes from being part of something bigger than ourselves. TEENS H2O, a project supported by the Chicago Learning Exchange…
March 2019 CLX Community Meetup
March Meetup at Columbia College's Conaway Center Join us on Thursday, March 21 for the March CLX Meetup featuring Leslie…
Connected Learning Spreads Across the Ocean
Chicago Learning Exchange's (CLX) Sana Jafri traveled to Barcelona, Spain in January to deliver a keynote address at Educacio360's annual…
One Summer Chicago Opportunities
This year will mark Chicago Learning Exchange’s fourth year working with One Summer Chicago to co-develop skill-building experiences to support…
Lighting a FUSE to Ignite Learning
The launch of Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) builds upon more than nine years of work encouraging innovation in learning that…
February 2019 CLX Community Meetup
February Meetup at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Nearly 70 members of the Chicago Learning Exchange community attended the February…
January 2019 CLX Community Meetup
New Year, New Meetup Location! Happy New Year! 2018 was a year of transition for our community as we launched…
Recap: CLX Field Trip No. 1 | Adler Planetarium
On Wednesday, December 5th, a small group of CLX members gathered for the first-ever CLX Field Trip to the Adler…
Call for Nominations | CLX Advisory Committee Opening
Chicago Learning Exchange is seeking nominations to fill an opening on the CLX Advisory Committee. Advisory Committee members are individual…
CLX Celebrates Launch and Releases New Research at Debut Event
It was a celebration nine years in the making. On October 29, more than 250 members of Chicago’s youth-serving community…
6 Equity Gaps That Hinder Learning
Chicago is a city of abundance. Yet, despite the city’s many opportunities, we know that too many gaps separate these…
CLX Welcomes Gina Grant!
The Chicago Learning Exchange is thrilled to welcome Gina Grant to our team. As Part-Time Project Coordinator for LRNG: CHI…
Nerdy Media's Journey through CLX's Playlist Design Challenge
The morning of September 1, 2015, the Executive Director and Founder of Nerdy Media, La Toia Brown, emailed a resignation…
Engaging Youth in a Digital World: A Pioneering Report on the Status of Digital Media Tools and Technologies Used in Chicago
Many in the out-of-school time (OST) community have worked to ensure that all youth have equitable access to OST programming…
UPDATE: CLX 2019 RFP Deadline Extended to Monday, February 4
PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for the 2019 CLX RFP has been extended to Monday, February 4.
November 2018 CLX Community Meetup
Remake Learning Days Launch, 2019 CLX Preview, and More! On Thursday, November 15, 2018, the November meetup will feature the…
CLX's Debut Celebration Brings Together Chicago's Learning Community
On Monday, October 29, 2018, more than 250 of our friends and supporters gathered at Google to celebrate the launch…
LRNG + SNHU Merge to Deploy Community-Based Education Strategies Across the Nation
CLX’s national digital learning and badging partner LRNG announced today that it has merged with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)…
October 2018 Hive Meetup
Service Learning, Passion-to-Purpose, and More! Join us on Thursday, October 18 for the October Hive Meetup, which will feature Tinker…
Join CLX for Its Debut Celebration on October 29!
The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) will celebrate its public launch at a special event hosted by Google at its offices…
CLX: "Start-up" with an 9-Year Track Record
The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) may be a new name in town, but its launch builds upon more than nine…
Realizing the Vision: Building Collaborations to Connect Learning In and Out of School
Chicago is a vibrant region for educational innovation, both in and out of school. Several organizations and initiatives are working…
CLX Sponsors Inaugural Connected Learning Summit at MIT
This summer, the Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) proudly sponsored the first annual Connected Learning Summit (Summit) hosted at the MIT…