Learn About LEARN: Chicago’s High-Performing School Network for K-8 Celebrates 20 Years

For two decades, LEARN Charter School Network has transformed the lives of young people in some of Chicago’s most vulnerable communities.  Across their 10 Chicago and Lake County campuses (and one D.C. campus!) spanning pre-K to eighth grade, teachers and school leaders work tirelessly to serve 4,200 scholars and their families and give them an […]

by LEARN Charter School Network | Partnership

The New Philanthropists: Liam Krehbiel and A Better Chicago

What his grandfather did for plastic manufacturing, Liam Krehbiel, Founder and CEO of A Better Chicago, is poised to do for venture philanthropy. That’s a big statement. Frederick Krehbiel founded Molex Inc. in 1938, when plastic was in its infancy. The Krehbiel family recently sold the Chicago-based business for $7.2 billion. Venture philanthropy is another big idea in its infancy, […]

by Susan B. Noyes