Steinmetz puts school on shifts
Desperate to ease crowding and hoping to keep potential dropouts on track, officials at Steinmetz High School divided students into two shifts this week, an approach that more schools may...
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2nd principal expected to be warned over test
A second Chicago principal is expected to receive a formal job warning Wednesday for improper test security at her school as officials continue to investigate the system's biggest cheating scandal...
2 rodent-plagued schools now clean
Marshall High School and Lowell Elementary School got clean bills of health Monday, while Chicago Public Schools officials said they would take over day-to-day management of a third troubled building,...
Rats, mice targeted in 600 schools
Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan ordered rodent extermination at all 600 city schools Friday, as health inspections turned up more signs of rat infestation in school kitchens and food...
Schools mark sad anniversary
Vernon Hills elementary school pupils planted thousands of daffodils Wednesday to honor the victims of Sept. 11. In Naperville, a principal urged her grade schoolers to respond to the country's...
Options to failing schools limited
A dramatic change in federal law that lets students transfer out of failing schools holds little promise for many children in Illinois because there are so few good schools nearby...
It’s `a time to put this rivalry away’
Cubs and Cardinals fans put aside their longstanding and occasionally boisterous rivalry Saturday following the death of St. Louis pitcher Darryl Kile in his Chicago hotel room. Fans from all...
2 spelling champs outlast city, suburban competition
Two times may be the charm for a Chicago 8th grader with a penchant for memorizing words that stump those less talented. Michael Zivat, 14, drew roars from the crowd...
Rent aid becomes high priority
Asir Santiago's family of seven was living comfortably on his construction worker's salary, but then the car died, he was laid off and he had to have a tumor removed...
Patron, helper, mom-to-be
Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, of Dover, Mass., was a political activist, philanthropist and arts patron. Her Oct. 6 memorial in Boston was attended by some 900 people, including Democratic Senators...