Chicago Board of Education

A couple of voices from Mayor Emanuel's "education reform" choir are up in arms because some public schools teachers are now talking seriously about the possibility of a teachers' strike in Chicago later this summer.

This campaign would have been a wonderful opportunity for the new mayor to listen to the public and hear concerns over his proposal.

Chicago Public Schools may feel an unprecedented effort was made this year to reach out regarding turnarounds. However, while Mayor Emanuel has a point when he says the protests are "noise associated with change," that's not the whole story.

Parents, teachers and community members opposed to school closures gathered outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's North Side home Monday evening, holdi...

After years of attending Chicago Board of Education monthly meetings, I left one where the community was actually heard. During the "public participation" segment of the meeting, a lone voice stopped the business-as-usual.

You've probably heard plenty of talk about the need for "quality seats" in Chicago's public schools. But you probably haven't heard CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard explain just what a "quality seat" is.

After participating in the heavily attended, largely peaceful Take Back Chicago rally Monday evening, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis app...

The family of a first grade Chicago Public Schools student who was reportedly handcuffed and told he was going to prison for talking during class file...

Karen Lewis may well be regretting the timing of her rumored upcoming vacation. Michael Sneed, the ever-astute gossip columnist at the Chicago Sun-...

The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to rescind a four-percent pay raise that teachers were expecting this year. The vote ...

It's been two years, and I still haven't gotten a thank-you note from Rufus Williams for helping to cover the $640 dinner tab he rang up at Table 52 on the Gold Coast back in January 2009.

An investigation has led to the discovery of lavish spending by two former presidents of the Chicago Board of Education, all while schools faced a se...

Gangs long have been a problem in the Northwest Side neighborhood that feeds into Carl Schurz High School. But the principal had an unorthodox way ...

The fate of many state programs now lies in the hands of Governor Pat Quinn. After threatening to chop $1.3 billion from the education budget if a tax...

Chicago Public Schools President Ron Huberman received the go-ahead Wednesday night from the Board of Education to move forward with a controversial p...

To get ahead of what could be a $975 million deficit next school year, Chicago Public School officials Thursday announced 500 central office and cityw...

Ron Huberman, the president of Chicago Public Schools, announced late Tuesday that two more schools would be spared from his proposed list of closings...

Hundreds of parent-led local school councils would be stripped of the critical power to pick principals under a bill introduced this week by the Rev. ...

The credit cards of 89 Chicago Board of Education employees have been yanked in the midst of an investigation into questionable spending by the last t...

The Chicago Board of Education's reimbursement process has been shrouded in mystery ever since Michael Scott used his board credit card to take his wife to Copenhagen for the Olympic bash.

CPS CEO Ron Huberman knows there is very little racial or economic diversity in our public schools. There is also very little Huberman and his team can do about that.

The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously to close or reorganize 16 struggling schools. The changes will start taking effect in September with ...

Rufus Williams, the president of the Chicago Board of Education, told the Tribune late tonight that he plans to tender his resignation to Mayor Richar...

A Dolphin is going to the White House. Since Barack Obama's election as president in November, the city has been buzzing with possibilities. Will Ob...

Once a month, the City Colleges of Chicago trustees hold a public meeting to approve new hires, shift money from one account to another and okay thou...