Casey Banas

Thursday was only the third day of a strike by Chicago teachers and other school employees, but talk already was focusing on how long the walkout must last before the...

Wednesday was only the second day of a strike by Chicago teachers and other school employees, but already talk is focusing on how long the walkout must last before the...

Chicago public school teachers began their ninth strike in 19 years Tuesday, vowing to stay out of their classrooms as long as necessary to win a new contract that contains...

For the ninth time in 18 years, Chicago public school teachers were poised to strike Tuesday, in what the president of the Chicago region`s parent-teachers group calls ''a game of...

Last fall, the Illinois General Assembly enacted a law that attempted to answer a persistent gripe by students at institutions of higher learning: that they sometimes cannot understand what their...

The Chicago Board of Education announced a hiring freeze Thursday because of the likelihood of major cuts that may be necessary to balance its proposed 1987-88 budget. Although the board...

A new elementary school that might showcase the best teaching techniques in urban education will begin to take shape Monday when groundbreaking ceremonies are held on the Near West Side....

The computer screen shows a picture of a birthday cake and a bear poised to blow out the candles. Adam Speer, a kindergartner, knows just what to do. He presses...

Ted Sanders, state education superintendent, Thursday proposed increasing state spending for Illinois elementary and high schools by $299 million for 1987-88, including more than doubling funds to expand education reform...

The first-ever state-required report cards for all Illinois public elementary and high schools provide evidence to confirm some beliefs about the schools, but they also puncture some myths and unearth...