Judge To CPS: Let Unsafe Fenger Students Transfer
CHICAGO — A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high sc...
CHICAGO — A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high sc...
AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...
Fox Chicago | Darlene Hill | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago
"Fenger has a very good principal and it's a very good school" Mayor Richard Daley said Thursday at Orr Academy where he was principal for the day. ...
AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Five students have been arrested for fighting at a Chicago high school less than a month after an honor student was killed in a brutal...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago
The teen who was exonerated of murdering classmate Derrion Albert will not return to the troubled school, the Sun-Times reports. Eugene Bailey won't ...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student tha...
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 ...
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 Sun-Times | ROSEMARY SOBOL | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago
Two Fenger High School students were arrested in separate incidents -- including one in which a juvenile allegedly threatened to kill a security guard...
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...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...
Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago
Remember the eight extraordinary students in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated? Where was Derrion Albert's safe passage?
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 ...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the beating death of 16-year-old honor student Derrion Albert was discussed at President Obama's morning meeti...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties ...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Chicago
UPDATE: Four teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert's beating death. Silvanus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric...
Chicago Breaking News | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago
Family and friends believe 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death by other teens because he resisted joining a gang that was forming near Feng...
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago