CPS Gets Nearly $1 Million For Arabic Classes
More Chicago Public Schools students will have an opportunity to learn Arabic thanks to a grant from the U.S. government. ...
More Chicago Public Schools students will have an opportunity to learn Arabic thanks to a grant from the U.S. government. ...
Catalyst Chicago | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago
CEO Ron Huberman today announced six recommendations for new schools that he will submit to the Board of Education later this month--about a third mad...
SouthTown Star | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Public Schools ranks fifth nationally for the number of students enrolled in public charter schools....
New York Times | SAM DILLON | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presided over the closing of dozens of failing schools when he was chief executive of the Chicago public schools fr...
Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago
Arne Duncan does not want to hear that any of the moves he made as CEO have anything to do with a spike in violence in schools....
Michael Jones | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago
By reporting the facts, we can, as a society, stop what is really causing young inner city girls to believe that their economic worth extends no further than child assistance checks.
Chicago Tribune | Judith Graham | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools officials plan to appoint a chief medical officer, a new cabinet level position that will oversee efforts to improve students' ...
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago
Between the shootings steps from school boundaries and the domestic violence, there's not a whole lot of good news on the teen front. But I have some.
Chicago Breaking News | Azam Ahmed | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools announced today it will open enrollment at a South Side military academy for students who no longer want to attend Fenger High ...
Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago
In the past year, violent incidents inside or on the grounds of Chicago's high schools rose by almost 20 percent, with students committing aggravated ...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
Responding to a wave of teen violence and the brutal killing of honor student Derrion Albert, the Rev. Jesse Jackson hopped on a school bus to escort ...
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago
A new study shows nearly a quarter of African-American males who drop out of high school end up in jail....
AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he's proposing several plans to curb youth violence, including adding more police officers at schools...
Fox Chicago | Patrick Elwood | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
A FOX Chicago News investigation has found that millions of dollars worth of equipment has been stolen from Chicago Public Schools. ...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...
Kevin Coval | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago
The city will be abuzz with language and records of now from people who are normally never heard from, the youth. Seen and now heard. And safe.
Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago
The president of the Chicago Teachers Union wants Chicago to create an alternative school for chronically disruptive students....
Catalyst Chicago | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago
Late Thursday afternoon, a federal judge scrapped the CPS desegregation consent decree--a move that likely will result in the district abandoning the ...
Matt Farmer | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago
Aggravated assault, gang activity, arson and gun possession. Why won't CPS release data on the number of such dangerous offenses at my children's schools?
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago
Despite a federal investigation of alleged clout admissions at Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley on Wednesday defended the controversial process tha...
Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 09.22.2009 | Chicago
This is the third week of school in Chicago. But thousands of high school students still haven't met their teachers....
Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago
Attendance figures released by Chicago Public Schools may be misleading....
Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago
Some Chicago schools janitors are gathering at a North Side elementary Tuesday morning with a warning for parents. The janitors lack paid sick days an...
WBBM Newsradio | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Public Schools officials say they'll spend $30 million in federal stimulus dollars on approximately 1,200 high school students who are at risk...
Lorraine Forte | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago
Giving principals the authority to hand-pick even a small percentage of students is just asking for trouble. The policy reinforces the notion that who you know matters more than who you are or what you've accomplished.
ABC 7 | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago