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Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson greets guests before speaking at the City Club of Chicago on March 14, 2018, in Chicago.

CPS approves additional borrowing that district says will provide more resources for classrooms

December 14, 2018 at 4:56 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education approved plans Wednesday to issue up to $600 million in bonds to raise money officials said would be used to refinance old debts and free...

Chicago Public Schools last year hired SchoolMint Inc. of San Francisco to create an "online, mobile-friendly application" to simplify the school-selection process for parents and help administrators manage enrollment.

CPS eighth-graders who applied for high school under new system to get offers next week

December 14, 2018 at 4:53 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools’ eighth-graders who applied for high school through a new computerized application system will learn the school they’ve been assigned to next week, district officials said Wednesday. After...

First-time voter Nia Leake, 20, after she filled out her ballot at a polling station inside a fire station in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago on election day, March 20, 2018.

Estimates of voter turnout in Chicago, Cook County ‘disappointing,’ official says

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

A streak of competitive and high-stakes races prompted less than a third of registered voters in the City of Chicago and suburban Cook County to submit ballots, according to unofficial...

Carol Brown, 59, far right, votes at an early voting polling place at 16 W. Adams St. in Chicago on March 12, 2018.

Busy primary election closes Tuesday, when polls open at 6 a.m.

May 15, 2019 at 4:47 p.m.

Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide Democratic and Republican nominees for the November general election, after a final day of campaigning saw candidates for governor, attorney general and...

Janice Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, told principals that individual school budgets for 2018-19 will arrive in early April, earlier than previous years.

CPS plans to get budgets to principals next month, makes key change on per-pupil spending

December 14, 2018 at 2:49 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools principals will get their budgets for next school year several months earlier than in recent years, while the district also is changing how it distributes per-pupil spending...

Students, supporters and others hoping to keep schools open in the Englewood neighborhood picket outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters before a Chicago Board of Education meeting on Feb. 28, 2018.

After emotional testimony from opponents, Chicago school board OKs closings and consolidation

May 23, 2019 at 12:34 a.m.

After protests and emotional testimony from opponents including the Chicago Teachers Union, the Chicago Board of Education voted to close four South Side high schools and to convert a high-performing...

South Loop Elementary School in Chicago on June 6, 2017.

Controversial South Loop school merger plan presents ‘myriad concerns and challenges,’ CPS-financed analysis says

May 23, 2019 at 12:34 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools leaders face “a high level of mistrust” and need more community outreach to address "a significant level of acrimony” between two elementary school communities the city plans...

Adina Varner, center, laughs as she chats with Porscha Hampton, both juniors, in an Advanced Placement language and composition class at Wells Community Academy High School in Chicago on Sept. 6, 2016.

College Board awards CPS for increases in Advanced Placement courses and test scores

December 14, 2018 at 9:57 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Thursday was named a nationwide leader in increasing access to Advanced Placement courses and scores on AP exams by the board that administers the tests. “What...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a naturalization ceremony at the Cultural Center in Chicago on May 5, 2017.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel blasts Trump remarks on arming teachers as ‘absurd’

December 14, 2018 at 9:55 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday dismissed as “upside-down and inside-out” President Donald Trump’s suggestion that arming trained teachers could deter school shootings. “It is absurd, at any way you look...

Thousands of Chicago students were improperly enrolled in hundreds of public elementary schools because of loopholes, administrators' misunderstanding of policies or intentional disregard of rules, according to an audit.

Thousands of students improperly won seats in CPS schools, a ‘pervasive problem,’ inspector general says

May 23, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

Finding fault with a notoriously frustrating school selection process, the Chicago Public Schools watchdog said in a new report that thousands of students were improperly enrolled in hundreds of elementary...

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