Juan Perez Jr.

After a day of loud demonstrations outside schools across the city, the nation’s first charter school teachers’ strike was set to enter a second day on Wednesday with labor leaders...

Chicago Public Schools abandoned an ambitious but controversial plan to convert a largely African-American elementary school in the South Loop into a neighborhood high school, hours after a Cook County...

After years of growth, Chicago’s charter school movement is facing growing turbulence. Illinois’ new governor has pledged to hold off on charter expansion, citing “challenges” the independently operated campuses have...

The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote this week on closing two of the city’s independently operated charter schools and also deny three pending applications to open new...

The Chicago Board of Education sued the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos in federal court on Friday for revoking millions of grant dollars over the school district’s...

A new Chicago Public Schools office created to investigate cases of student-on-student sexual violence has fielded more than 600 allegations so far this school year, district officials testified Wednesday to...

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker tapped a new committee Tuesday to tackle some of Illinois’ urgent issues in K-12 and higher education, leaning on Chicago and state officials to develop solutions to...

Nearly 130 Chicago Public Schools employees have been terminated, recommended for dismissal or simply resigned amid scrutiny following an enormous review of worker backgrounds prompted by a Tribune investigation this...

Noble Network of Charter Schools CEO Michael Milkie is being investigated for inappropriate behavior with at least one female graduate, officials said Tuesday, one week after the leader of Chicago’s...

Teachers at a group of charter schools in Chicago say they'll go on strike next month if their demands for a new contract aren’t met, setting a date for what...