City Colleges, teachers union reach tentative deal
City Colleges of Chicago and its full-time faculty union agreed to the terms of a new five-year contract Saturday, one that officials said...
Majority of CPS students will begin school under strike threat
The majority of Chicago Public Schools students return to school Tuesday facing a longer day and the threat that their teachers will walk...
Emanuel gives Brizard vote of confidence
Mayor Rahm Emanuel publicly backed Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard on Friday, saying he's doing "a great job."
Chicago Teachers Union sets Sept. 10 strike date
The Chicago Teachers Union this evening voted to strike on Monday, Sept. 10, the earliest day possible after filing a 10-day strike notice...
Charter schools to parents: Strike won't affect us
Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union will be back at the negotiating table Friday morning in another effort to reach a contract and...
Vote shows Chicago teachers' displeasure with longer-day rollout
In an indication that the compromise over the longer school day did little to appease teachers, the Chicago Teachers Union's House of...
CPS students show gains on ACT, Prairie State Achievement Exam
Chicago public high school juniors showed improvement on key standardized tests in 2012, according to data released Tuesday by Chicago...
ACT data: 31 percent of state's Class of '12 not college-ready
Almost a third of Illinois' high school Class of 2012 scored too low on the ACT college-entrance exam to be considered ready for key college...
Teacher talks scheduled but both sides creep closer to strike
In an indication the compromise over the longer day did little to appease teachers, the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates...
CPS budget up for vote as contract talks continue
The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on a $5.73 billion budget because it's required to have a spending plan in place by the...
CPS launches school-locator website
Chicago's complex public school system, which offers students numerous options for which school to attend and varying entrance procedures,...
Chris Kennedy's ambitious food project
On a recent Saturday morning, Chris Kennedy was standing on a sidewalk outside a South Side storefront church, talking about french fries,...
Access Living criticizes CPS proposed budget
Disability rights group Access Living doesn't support Chicago Public Schools' proposed budget for the coming school year, calling it "one of...
Chris Kennedy's ambitious food project
On a recent Saturday morning, Chris Kennedy was standing on a sidewalk outside a South Side storefront church, talking about french fries,...
Third of CPS schools roll out longer days
Students were back at their desks in more than a third of Chicago's public schools Monday, taking on additional classes scheduled to fill...
Amid strike threat, school to start for some CPS students
Students in 243 Chicago public schools, roughly a third of the district, return to the classroom Monday at a time of transformation and...
Another credit agency downgrades CPS' bond rating
A third credit rating agency has weighed in on the Chicago Public Schools financial picture.
Harper High School fights violence, but funding is half the battle
Many students set to return to Harper High School in West Englewood on Monday simply shrug off the violence that surrounds them.
Illinois, CPS top national list for suspension disparity
One of every 4 African-American public school students in Illinois was suspended at least once for disciplinary reasons during the 2009-10...
Standard & Poor's downgrades CPS' bond rating
A third credit rating agency has weighed in on Chicago Public Schools' financial picture.
A second credit rating agency lowers outlook for CPS
A credit rating agency has changed its outlook for Chicago Public Schools bonds from stable to negative because of the district's troubled...
University of Illinois criticized after contract raises conflict of interest concerns
The University of Illinois handed out a $4.6 million contract to an architectural firm partially owned by the husband of a key administrator...
$365,000 extra, and counting
When high-ranking University of Illinois administrator Craig Bazzani retired in 2002, the board of trustees praised him for his financial...
Durbin queries USDA about school lunch abuses
Responding to a Tribune article on fraud risks in the federal free-lunch program, Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday sent a letter to Agriculture...
Many Illinois high school students get special testing accommodations for ACT
An unusually large number of Illinois public high school students — at least 1 out of 10 juniors — received extra time or...
High school test scores fall to a new low
About half of Illinois public high school students flunked state exams in reading, math and science this year, the worst performance in...
'Nation's Report Card' shows Illinois grade-schoolers' results are still low for reading but improving in math
One in 3 Illinois grade school students have the skills needed to proficiently read a work of literature or pinpoint the main idea of an...
CPS worker ethics probed
The inspector general for Chicago Public Schools is investigating allegations that the district's largest food vendor gave thousands of...
For students reporting sex attacks, imperfect justice
When a 19-year-old University of Notre Dame freshman first went to campus police to file a sexual assault report in late November, she did...
Bowman stepping down as head of CPS' early childhood program
Barbara Bowman, chief of Chicago Public Schools'early childhood program and mother of White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, is stepping...
Backlogs, leniency on new public records law
Attorney General Lisa Madigan has used her broad new authority over public records disputes to whittle at Illinois' long-standing culture of...
Unused sick days add up to big payouts
A few years into John Butts' superintendent job in DuPage's Lake Park High School District 108, a lucrative perk showed up in his contract:...
New CEO, Chicago Teachers Union president meet
Incoming schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard had his first meeting with Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis Monday, and here's the good...
New CPS leader discusses goals, challenges
Jean-Claude Brizard won't officially assume control of Chicago Public Schools for several weeks, but already he's immersing himself in the...
The pump rooms
The emergency call came from Minnesota, but it could have come from anywhere in the country. A new mother, at work and away from her baby,...
House Speaker Michael Madigan swayed University of Illinois to admit relatives of allies, donors
House Speaker Michael Madigan swayed the University of Illinois to admit the relatives of public officials, political allies and donors...
Lack of jobs leave many teachers wondering about future
Teaching no longer applies as a stable career choice, experts say.
OMG, what 2 wear? Girls get answers for school style
Back-to-school style this season is all mixed up.
Many driver's ed cars have poor crash ratings
Cost and fuel efficiency drive purchases of smaller cars. Many districts say they didn't think of safety when buying the cars.
Contract law and contractions
Recent law school graduates are known to labor over the high-stakes bar exam.
CPS' gifts to charities under scrutiny
In an era marked by spending cuts, layoffs and budget anxiety for Chicago Public Schools, district records show that former school board...
School free-lunch program dogged by abuses at CPS
When a teachers assistant at Chicago's North-Grand High School handed in her child's lunch form last school year, it showed that her...
Setting up possible union fight, Emanuel picks new team to helm CPS
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel pushed ahead with his pledge to reshape Chicago Public Schools on Monday, introducing an executive team led by a...
New ISAT lets kids pass with more wrong answers
Illinois has been cutting the number of points required to pass annual achievement exams, allowing children to flub more questions but still...
CPS report card shows many schools struggling
By Chicago Public Schools' own reckoning, about a quarter of its elementary schools and more than 40 percent of its high schools are...
Purdue student's virus work makes a name for herself
Any time Emilia Czyszczon gets bogged down in her biological engineering studies — any time she considers taking the easy route on...
Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago's new schools chief, doesn't back down from a challenge
Described as passionate and stubborn, charismatic and calculating, Jean-Claude Brizard is the new face of reform for Chicago's distressed...
Private workers, public pensions
Jason Leahy hasn't set foot on the Illinois State University campus this school year, doesn't teach classes there and doesn't report to...
Faces of Fenger
In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J." Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on...
Teen suicide: More schools bring issue out of shadows
The paper handed to each freshman at Oak Lawn Community High School recently was filled with blunt and uncomfortable questions. Had they...
Educators question significance of grades for homework
Jami Dehn prepped homework packets to send home with her class of third-graders every Friday afternoon last year, carefully charting how...
Making the grade — in life — despite long odds
In a public school system where almost half the students don't graduate, Shannon Hastings could have been just another dropout.
New report chronicles misconduct within CPS
Chicago Public Schools employees repeatedly took advantage of lax oversight or exploited the system to benefit themselves financially during...
Northwestern's use of Google apps discriminates against the blind, federal complaint says
Northwestern University is targeted in a federal complaint filed Tuesday that alleges blind students and faculty face discrimination by...
High school football has high expenses, low revenue
Illinois' high school football playoffs start Friday, a season-ending reward for immense physical effort, shrewd game planning — and a...
Illinois students inch up ACT scores
Illinois' Class of 2011 posted the highest average ACT score in a decade — 20.9 — but the performance fell below the national...
Most school garden produce is forbidden fruit in CPS lunchrooms
It's harvest time in Chicago Public School gardens full of chubby tomatoes, heavy squash and fragrant basil.
School closing foes, board members set for showdown
Hundreds of community activists, parents, students and union leaders are expected to converge Wednesday morning at Chicago Public Schools'...
Meet the new CPS board members
Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel tapped a new team to lead the embattled Chicago Public Schools on Monday, including seven new members to...
Online learning attempts to make the grade in Chicago schools
Clinton Parker, a senior at Julian High School, worked quietly at his computer in August as the clicks of mice from more than a dozen...
Teachers accused of cheating still working in schools
Educators forced out or disciplined by local districts over cheating and other state testing violations continued working in schools or...
Chicago State let failing students stay on the rolls
Chicago State University, which was at risk of losing its accreditation because of troubling enrollment and retention figures, intentionally...
Emanuel to retain some City Colleges leaders
Rahm Emanuel is keeping some of outgoing Mayor Richard Daley's leadership team at the City Colleges of Chicago so it can see through a...
Chicago teachers deliver their union demands
The Chicago Teachers Union submitted a list of demands to the Chicago Public Schools on Friday as they and district administrators embark...
NIU official's house repainted on student volunteer day
Armed with tools and trash bags, the Northern Illinois University students who fanned out across DeKalb didn't just spruce up schools and...
Should students 'friend' teachers online?
Peter Kupfer has made it difficult for his physics students to claim they didn't know about a homework assignment.
Some CPS parents object to mandatory classroom breakfasts
For most school kids, a bowl of cereal and milk or a hot egg sandwich on a neighbor's desk would be no big deal.
Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home
Fernando Dominguez cut the figure of a young revolutionary leader during a recent lunch period at his elementary school.
Civic Federation endorses CPS budget but fears future problem
The Civic Federation has thrown its support behind a property tax hike and proposed $5.9 billion budget for Chicago Public Schools in 2011-...
Relatives often find doors open to maintenance, teacher assistant jobs
How do relatives of school board members get in the door of a district?
National Education Association gives President Obama an early endorsement
The nation's largest teachers union voted Monday in Chicago to support President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid despite discord between...
The first day
Kindergarten, high school and college are big transitions. What kids can expect — and how you can help them prepare.
Suburban school districts have board members' relatives on payroll
In Lansing School District 158, the payroll looks a little like a family tree.
School days shrinking in Illinois
America's traditional 180-day school year is more myth than reality in Illinois, as a jumble of state laws, rules and waivers allow...
Failing Chicago State students got state financial grants
Potentially hundreds of failing Chicago State University students received state financial aid even though their grades were so low that...
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