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.
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.
One of the most rewarding parts of Chicago Learning Exchange’s (CLX) work is supporting innovative and engaging learning experiences as…
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 Teaching Assistant/Peer Mentor Grade 11 Summer Earn & Learn Program The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX), with support from…
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 Meetup at Columbia College's Conaway Center Rain or shine, the Chicago Learning Exchange invites you to connect, share, and…
Happiness comes from being part of something bigger than ourselves. TEENS H2O, a project supported by the Chicago Learning Exchange…
March Meetup at Columbia College's Conaway Center Join us on Thursday, March 21 for the March CLX Meetup featuring Leslie…
Chicago Learning Exchange's (CLX) Sana Jafri traveled to Barcelona, Spain in January to deliver a keynote address at Educacio360's annual…
This year will mark Chicago Learning Exchange’s fourth year working with One Summer Chicago to co-develop skill-building experiences to support…
The launch of Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) builds upon more than nine years of work encouraging innovation in learning that…
February Meetup at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Nearly 70 members of the Chicago Learning Exchange community attended the February…
New Year, New Meetup Location! Happy New Year! 2018 was a year of transition for our community as we launched…
On Wednesday, December 5th, a small group of CLX members gathered for the first-ever CLX Field Trip to the Adler…
It was a celebration nine years in the making. On October 29, more than 250 members of Chicago’s youth-serving community…
Chicago is a city of abundance. Yet, despite the city’s many opportunities, we know that too many gaps separate these…
The Chicago Learning Exchange is thrilled to welcome Gina Grant to our team. As Part-Time Project Coordinator for LRNG: CHI…
The morning of September 1, 2015, the Executive Director and Founder of Nerdy Media, La Toia Brown, emailed a resignation…
Many in the out-of-school time (OST) community have worked to ensure that all youth have equitable access to OST programming…
PLEASE NOTE: the deadline for the 2019 CLX RFP has been extended to Monday, February 4.
Remake Learning Days Launch, 2019 CLX Preview, and More! On Thursday, November 15, 2018, the November meetup will feature the…
On Monday, October 29, 2018, more than 250 of our friends and supporters gathered at Google to celebrate the launch…
CLX’s national digital learning and badging partner LRNG announced today that it has merged with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)…
Service Learning, Passion-to-Purpose, and More! Join us on Thursday, October 18 for the October Hive Meetup, which will feature Tinker…
The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) will celebrate its public launch at a special event hosted by Google at its offices…
Chicago is a vibrant region for educational innovation, both in and out of school. Several organizations and initiatives are working…
The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) may be a new name in town, but its launch builds upon more than nine…
This summer, the Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) proudly sponsored the first annual Connected Learning Summit (Summit) hosted at the MIT…
Drinking from a firehose. That’s how I’d characterize the summer of 2016. The Hive Chicago Fund for Connected Learning…