Darnell Little

Teachers at the highest-paying grade school district in the Chicago area make twice as much as their colleagues at the local elementary school paying the lowest wages, according to the...

Rich East High School has seen state test scores for its 11th-graders improve by a stunning 37 percent during the last two years -- a gain so impressive that regional...

As Amy Wheeler rewinds her mind to the evening of June 16, when she was mugged after getting off a train, certain details stick out. There is a woman with...

As Amy Wheeler rewinds her mind to the evening of June 16, when she was mugged after getting off a train, certain details stick out. There is a woman with...

The majority of students who benefited from political connections when applying to the University of Illinois attended elite, affluent high schools, according to a baiduhai analysis of admissions data....

Arne Duncan's reform efforts in Chicago included restructuring struggling schools, experimenting with incentive pay for teachers and rewarding students with money for grades. Results are mixed, though they offer signs...

It's a math problem worthy of the state's brightest students. Illinois grade school students have improved steadily on state exams in the five years since a federal law put pressure...

Passing rates plunged among Illinois' bilingual students this year after they were given the same exams as other students, and dozens of public schools have been deemed failing as a...

Passing rates plunged among Illinois' bilingual students this year after they were given the same exams as other students, and dozens of public schools have been deemed failing as a...