Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract deal in the nation's third-largest school district,...
Samuel Rahman, Contributing Writer
• October 15, 2018
The federal Department of Education has decided to withhold $4 million in grant money from Chicago Public Schools, citing the district’s failure to protect students from sexual assault. The letter notifying...
Once deemed the worst in the nation, Chicago Public Schools now lead America’s public schools in terms of academic growth.
In 1987, Former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett said, “I’m...
Elizabeth Rojas, 16, has never liked history class. It wasn’t until learning about the award-winning play, “Hamilton” at the end of her sophomore year that she began to show interest in America’s...
This Week in Chicago: What’s going on and what to look out for this week in and around Chicago and DePaul.
CPS Board Meeting, CTU to protest
The Chicago Public Schools board of education will...
After a historic mayoral election when Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was the center of debates across Chicago, the school district has sparked controversy on a host of issues, which many Chicagoans find...
Opening shots were fired between the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) last week after the school board declined to extend its contract with the teachers,...
Although Chicago will not know who its future mayor will be until April’s runoff election, voters were unambiguous in their approval for multiple referendum issues.
Among the issues placed on referendum...
Elected school boards for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) remains a highly contested issue going into Tuesday’s mayoral election. Many Chicagoans are unhappy with the condition of the city’s public...
On May 22, 2013, Chicago voted to close 50 public schools. Among those most affected were special needs students. Last week DePaul’s College of Education held a panel discussion to inform listeners...
William H. Wells Community High School on Chicago’s West Side does not have a soccer field for its student-athletes. They are forced to play in a different neighborhood where just a block over there...
