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J.B. Pritzker meets with college students at Benedictine University in Lisle on Oct. 23, 2018.

How Rauner and Pritzker would fix Illinois education

May 12, 2019 at 1:40 p.m.

Illinois’ gubernatorial candidates have argued bitterly over the state’s finances, but education poses one of the most daunting challenges for the next governor. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s hard-charging style drew...

Chicago Public Schools last year ordered the principal at Bogan High School to retake training because she did not call the child-welfare hotline after one of her teachers physically fought a student.

School workers must report suspected abuse — it’s the law. But at CPS, few have been punished for failing to do so.

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools’ child-abuse reporting policy is clear: School workers must report suspected abuse to authorities immediately. And the state “mandated reporter” law, enacted more than four decades ago, makes...

People rally at 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard after the jury's guilty verdict was delivered on Oct. 5, 2018, in Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke's trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

Cheers, tears and relief: Demonstrators react to Jason Van Dyke conviction

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

On the steps of the Leighton Criminal Court Building and the sidewalk outside City Hall, demonstrators and curious Chicagoans gathered nervously Friday afternoon, huddled around cellphones and television screens, holding...

The principal of South Loop Elementary School said the school would go into an immediate lockdown drill protocol if Jason Van Dyke is acquitted and the verdict is announced during the school day.

Chicago schools plan for protests, lockdowns, early dismissals as jury weighs Van Dyke verdict

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

At St. Ignatius College Prep, an elite private school near downtown Chicago, administrators plan to dismiss students early from the ornate campus — if jurors issue a verdict in the...

A former Clemente Community Academy student brought a Title IX complaint against Chicago Public Schools following an alleged incident in 2016 after school. A tattoo on her forearm says "Survive."

Federal officials withhold grant money from Chicago Public Schools, citing failure to protect students from sexual abuse

May 23, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Federal officials are withholding millions of dollars in grant money from Chicago Public Schools because of its failure to protect students from sexual violence, a rare step that signals intensifying...

Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, gestures as he speaks at a City Council meeting Sept. 20, 2018. Burke is proposing an ordinance that would ban personal communications between staff and students at public or private schools in the city.

Chicago schools staff could face jail time for electronic communications with students, under proposed law

May 23, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

A powerful Chicago alderman is proposing a city ordinance that would outlaw personal communications between staff and students in any of the city’s public or private elementary and high schools....

Chicago school failed to protect fifth-grader from classmate’s fondling, lawsuit alleges

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

The mother of a fifth-grade boy sued Chicago Public Schools in federal court last week after teachers and administrators allegedly failed to stop her son’s classmate from engaging in repeated...

Latinos y afroamericanos tienen bajo acceso a escuelas de CPS de alto rendimiento

December 12, 2018 at 4:55 p.m.

Vecindarios del sur y oeste de la ciudad de Chicago tienen las concentraciones más bajas de escuelas mejor calificadas que otras áreas. También, los estudiantes negros y latinos asisten a...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson speaks about schools during a City Club of Chicago luncheon on July 16, 2018.

CPS analysis shows 150,000 seats unfilled; black and Latino students have less access to top programs

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

Chicago’s South and West sides have lower concentrations of highest-rated schools than other areas, and black and Latino students attend top schools at far lower rates than their white counterparts,...

Cicero Town President Larry Dominick addresses reporters outside Mount Sinai Hospital on Sept. 13, 2018, in Chicago.

Bail denied for California man suspected of shooting Cicero police officer

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

A California man and convicted felon was ordered held without bail after he allegedly fired a handgun at two suburban police officers — wounding one of them — following a...

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