With the Chicago Board of Education set to vote in a week on closing 54 of the city's public schools and co-locating 11 others, the Chicago Teachers U...

Story by Paul Biasco, courtesy DNAinfo Chicago: LINCOLN PARK — Hundreds of Lincoln Park High School students walked out of class Friday morning i...

On a day they were slated to take a state-required test that directly affects their graduation eligibility, around 100 Chicago Public School students ...

Story by Tanveer Ali, courtesy DNAinfo Chicago: CHICAGO — Student enrollment at several Chicago Public Schools could balloon over capacity if the...

Question: When is a Chicago elementary school with 23 kids in a classroom not considered by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to be an "underutilized" school? Answer: When it's his kids' school.

Children's Literacy Initiative's struggles to take root in CPS highlight the district's misguided approach to closing its long-standing race- and income-based achievement gaps. Very few students benefited from the past 10 years of school closures.

Story by Erica Demarest, courtesy DNAinfo Chicago: NEAR WEST SIDE — Many concerns and questions, but no answers. That’s how it went for parents...

Zeke Emanuel, the oldest brother of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, offered simple advice to the Chicago Teachers Union Wednesday. If you're fighting his ...

For a remarkable fourth consecutive year, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Academies schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities thi...

I suspect that these "reformers," secure in their ignorance of urban realities, still believe that their opponents are to blame. Had educators welcomed enough rookies willing to gut it out and to "put children first," the short term pain they dumped on neighborhood schools would have produced transformational gain.

If you want more kids to grow up into responsible, successful adults who contribute to our society, and if you want lower crime rates and prison populations, investing in good public education makes sense.

By Renita D. Young CHICAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - Nanette Fouch does not understand why her granddaughter may have to transfer from a ...

CHICAGO -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn't interested i...

After Chicago Public Schools officials on Thursday unveiled their plan to shutter 54 of the district's elementary schools, the Chicago Teachers Union,...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pus...

Updated story Chicago Public Schools on Thursday announced their plan to close 54 of the district's school programs and 61 school buildings. The...

The rhetorical question I heard thrown around the most was, "Are we in Texas?" Chicago Public Schools is known for its terrible policy decisions, but book banning is something new to Chicago.

Updated story Is Chicago Public Schools banning the popular graphic novel "Persepolis" from its schools' libraries and classrooms? Reports began...

Rumored U.S. Commerce Secretary candidate Penny Pritzker on Thursday stoked the flames of those reports when she resigned abruptly from the Chicago Bo...

Michelle Obama knows how to relate to children. The day's message remained clear throughout: health, wellness and physical activity are integral to a holistic education and it allows students to succeed in school.

Chicago Public Schools' Commission on School Utilization late Wednesday released its final report on the district's plan to shutter dozens of its scho...

Is five years old too young to begin receiving sex education lessons? Last week, Chicago Public Schools' Board of Education approved expanding sexu...

Here we all are, waiting on pins and needles for the CPS computer to spit out a letter informing us if our kids made it into one of Chicago's selective enrollment high schools -- about as likely as the Cubs winning the World Series.

Updated story The Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration are clashing once again over looming Chicago Public School closure...