In the Loop (Segments)

Mayor Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson have taken the first step toward overhauling the district’s per-pupil funding model in order to create more equity at Chicago public schools.

Not a single female director was nominated in the directing or writing categories for the 2020 Golden Globes. Reset takes a look at the challenges women face in the film industry and how they’re working to rise above them. Producer: Stephanie Kim

Reset breaks down the biggest local and state stories of the week in our Friday News Roundup with guests Heather Cherone, managing editor and city hall reporter at the Daily Line, Laura Washington, Chicago Sun-Times columnist and ABC7 political analyst, and Paris Schutz, WTTW political correspondent and host. Producer: Dan Tucker

Reset checks in with regular sustainability contributor Karen Weigert about the two-week U.N. Climate conference in Madrid and what her takeaways are for our area. Producer: Steve Bynum

Nearly 20,0000 adults with developmental disabilities in Illinois are on a waitlist for services, and that list averages seven years to move through. Reset sits down with adult disability advocates to learn about the current state of services in Illinois and what can be done to better them. Producer: Bianca Martin

Hundreds of journalists from the Chicago Tribune and other outlets owned by Tribune Publishing are petitioning the company’s board of directors to invest in their news organizations. The move comes weeks after hedge fund Alden Global Capital acquired a 32 percent stake in the company. Last year Alden — which owns the Denver Post — forced that newspaper to lay off 30 percent of its staff. Reset checks in with news industry analyst Ken Doctor and Chicago Tribune columnist Heidi Stevens. Producer: Dan Tucker

Salem Collo-Julin of the Chicago Reader stops by with her recommendations for what to see, hear and eat in and around Chicago this weekend.

December 13 marks a holy day in the life of the Mexican diaspora. Hoy journalist Laura Rodriguez joins Reset to discuss the holy day’s second largest pilgrimage to Des Plaines, Ill.

Six years after Dominick’s closed multiple stores in the Chicago area, South Shore gains a new grocery store. Reset checks in with Block Club Chicago reporter Maxwell Evans at the opening of Local Market.

Families have a lot of different ways of celebrating the holidays — from the Feast of Seven Fishes to latkes and other fried delights. Reset food contributor Monica Eng walks us through these holiday food traditions.