Networked Educators Meetup @ CLS2019
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Reflections from a Summer Spent with CLX
As a New Sector Fellow, I spent this summer becoming more acclimated with the public sector and using my placement at CLX to increase their capacity to process data and effectively administer the LRNG platform in Chicago through a partnership with the City of Chicago’s One Summer Chicago (OSC) program, the second-largest youth employment program in the country.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…