The Chainsmokers crash Huntley High School prom
Prom night took a legendary turn for a suburban Chicago high school this weekend, when a pair of chart-topping DJs crashed the party. The Chainsmokers, who played the Allstate Arena...
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CPS school year won’t end early, Emanuel says after judge rejects state funding suit
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said schools would remain open for the full academic year on Friday just hours after a judge tossed a lawsuit Chicago Public Schools had framed as a...
Byrd-Bennett sobs while trying to explain corruption, gets 4 1/2 years in prison
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett began to sob in a federal courtroom Friday as she struggled to explain where "the tipping point" was that led her down a...
Ex-CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett to be sentenced Friday in bribery case
Barbara Byrd-Bennett's fall began in April 2015 when a pair of FBI agents investigating a kickback scheme at Chicago Public Schools knocked on her door. Byrd-Bennett, a Harlem, N.Y.-raised former...
CPS board set to transform high school application process
The Chicago Board of Education advanced plans to transform its high school application process, starting with next school year's eighth-graders — a change that will include a still-untold number of...
CPS proposes school year dates for 2017-18
Chicago Public Schools parents and students who are still waiting to find out if this school year will be cut short are about to learn the classroom schedule for the...
Judge says he’ll rule next week on CPS lawsuit over state education funding
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool said Wednesday that "we'll know exactly where we stand" on a potential abrupt end to the school year after a Cook County judge rules...
CPS retirement incentive plan fails to draw desired number of participants
An effort by Chicago Public Schools to save millions in future expenses by offering teachers and other staff members a financial incentive to retire has fallen short because not enough...
Emanuel to meet with Trump education secretary DeVos on Wednesday
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is headed to Washington, D.C. to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday. The private huddle with the nation's top education official comes after Republican...
CPS allows budget director to stay on job despite residency violation
The budget director at Chicago Public Schools has been allowed to remain on the job until this summer despite an investigation that late last year found he lived in the...