Two former Lincoln Park High School administrators who were terminated and placed on Chicago Public Schools’ do-not-hire list had their names removed last week after years of fighting for ...

His father, Juwan Allen, says Michigan’s Child Protective Services failed him by repeatedly returning him to an abusive household, despite clear signs of harm, according to a lawsuit filed last ...

A quarter of CPS high schoolers missed more than a month of school last year — double the rate from 2019. Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism is a bigger problem for CPS high school students ...

Nicole Williams, a CPS high school junior, attended Monday’s celebration of Malcolm X’s 100th birthday at Malcolm X College. Nicole, 17, is already looking at avenues to advance her education ...

During the May 6 primary, more than half of the proposed local school levy and bond issues failed. The CPS levy will be on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

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CTU was in the crosshairs of a nasty fight between the mayor’s office and CPS’ administration over how to deal with the school district’s budget deficit. And during the negotiations ...

The Big Apple’s beleaguered child service agency is able to keep its records secret because of a state loophole — but fed-up city investigators are now backing a bill that would force them to ...

Emily Kempf and Jason Balla of Chicago band Dehd spoke with IPR's Cece Mitchell before their recent show at Gabe's Iowa City. Emily Kempf, bassist and vocalist of Dehd, is living in Chicago again ...

Historians describe the creation of schools and focus on education — for both blacks and whites — in the South during Reconstruction. Eric Foner: Freedom had many meanings to people coming ...