Sarah Karp | WBEZ
This would be a radical departure for a school system built around allowing parents to choose where their children attend. But it would be a welcome change for public education advocates.
Gold Apple Award winner and veteran principal Josh Long has been chosen to take over a department that serves 52,000 students.
The online tool paints perhaps the most comprehensive picture to date of how kids in each community are doing academically and financially.
As part of a shift in civics education, CPS is moving beyond facts and dates and toward helping students experience what it is like to create change.
Lawmakers have agreed on a voting map but are considering a last-minute proposal to accelerate moving to a fully elected board.
Principal Tammie Ismail says dehumanizing rhetoric spread by U.S. politicians and media about Palestinians, Muslims and Arabs in the wake of the war in Gaza has inspired hate that’s endangering her students.
In one year, Chicago voters will choose school board members for the first time. But first, state lawmakers have to finally agree on the voting map.
Test scores released Monday show accelerated academic growth in reading for elementary and high school students compared to gains before the pandemic.
A budgeting system critics say hurts schools with declining enrollment has led to a reallocation of resources to schools serving low-income students.