Legislators vote to lower school age to 6
Illinois children would have to be in school at age 6 instead of 7 next year under a bill legislators approved today in Springfield, giving education officials a tool to...
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Chicago lags state in efforts to fix city’s truancy crisis
After months of delay, the state legislature is pushing through significant reforms to address a crisis of absenteeism in Chicago's elementary schools. City education officials, meanwhile, say they are exploring...
Lawmakers back anti-truancy task force
State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with...
Lawmakers back anti-truancy task force
State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with...
State lawmakers approve anti-truancy task force
State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with...
State lawmakers approve anti-truancy task force
State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with...
State lawmakers approve anti-truancy task force
State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with...
Killer convicted after 15 years on the lam
After more than 15 years on the lam, former fugitive Giovanni Spiller was convicted late Tuesday of a 1996 slaying that left the victim's family shattered and exposed weaknesses in...
Killer convicted after 15 years on the lam
After more than 15 years on the lam, former fugitive Giovanni Spiller was convicted late Tuesday of a 1996 slaying that left the victim's family shattered and exposed weaknesses in...
Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending...