Site not fit for a new school, neighbors say
Chicago Public Schools' plan to build an elementary school on polluted property in the shadow of the Chicago Skyway and an expiring coal-fired power plant near the Indiana border is...
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Durbin asks federal agency to help reduce school lunch fraud risk
Responding to a baiduhai story on fraud risks in the federal free lunch program, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois today sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking...
School free-lunch program dogged by abuses at CPS
When a teachers assistant at Chicago's North-Grand High School handed in her child's lunch form last school year, it showed that her household made too much money for the child...
School free-lunch program dogged by abuses at CPS
When a teachers assistant at Chicago's North-Grand High School handed in her child's lunch form last school year, it showed that her household made too much money for the child...
CPS kicks off public hearings on proposed closings, consolidations, turnarounds
Chicago Public Schools on Friday kicks off its first round of public hearings for proposed school closings, consolidations and turnaround projects. Meetings will be held at nine locations around the...
New report chronicles misconduct within CPS
Chicago Public Schools employees repeatedly took advantage of lax oversight or exploited the system to benefit themselves financially during the year leading to an overhaul of CPS leadership, says the...
Report: CPS fraud, employee misconduct includes $1.13 million in improper benefits
In the year leading up to the overhaul of Chicago Public Schools leadership, the school district was beset by troubling instances of fraud and employee misconduct, including $1.13 million in...
Report: CPS fraud, employee misconduct includes $1.13 million in improper benefits
In the year leading up to the overhaul of Chicago Public Schools leadership, the school district was beset by troubling instances of fraud and employee misconduct, including $1.13 million in...
CPS trails other big cities in reading, math scores
A new national study shows that while Chicago public school 4th- and 8th-graders have improved in reading and math proficiency over the last decade, they still trail their peers in...
CPS wants to close 2 grade schools, phase out 2 high schools
Chicago Public Schools is seeking to close two under-performing elementary schools and begin to phase out two struggling high schools next school year, part of a large-scale re-structuring of CPS...