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  2. Open Books - Wikipedia

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    Open Books is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that sells donated books to fund literacy programs for kids. [3] Founded by Stacy Ratner in 2006, Open Books has since started several literacy programs for kids, and has taken part in literacy events in Chicago. Open Books has three store locations, based in Pilsen, West Loop ...

  3. OpenTheBooks - Wikipedia

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    Website. openthebooks .com. OpenTheBooks.com is an American nonprofit organization based in the Chicago suburb of Burr Ridge, Illinois. It describes itself as a transparency group devoted to posting online all the disclosed spending of every level of government across the United States. [1]

  4. Great Books Foundation - Wikipedia

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    greatbooks .org. The Great Books Foundation is an independent nonprofit educational organization in Chicago, Illinois that publishes collections of classic and modern literature as part of reading and discussion programs for children and adults. The foundation has two main programs: Junior Great Books, serving students in kindergarten through ...

  5. Chicago Sun-Times - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of the non-profit Chicago Public Media, [3] and has long held the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the Chicago Tribune. The Sun-Times resulted from the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun ...

  6. Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies

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    The Graham School offers a Master of Liberal Arts and for-credit graduate-level courses through the Graduate Student-at-Large program.. Graduate students-at-large take University of Chicago graduate courses for grades and build a transferable record of study for matriculation into a degree program at the University of Chicago or elsewhere.

  7. The Open Textbooks Pilot program supports projects at eligible institutions of higher education that create new open textbooks and expand the use of open textbooks in courses that are part of a degree-granting program, particularly those with high enrollments. This pilot program emphasizes the development of projects that demonstrate the ...

  8. Harold Washington Library - Wikipedia

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    Harold Washington Library Center. /  41.87639°N 87.62806°W  / 41.87639; -87.62806. The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S. State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant.

  9. Using Open-Book Exams to Enhance Student Learning ...

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    course. Specifically, we assert that consistent open-book testing approaches will enhance learning and better prepare students for the real-world decision-making they will encounter. A semester-long testing protocol was executed incorporating a mix of open-book and closed-book pre-quizzes, and open-book major exams.