Juan Perez Jr.

Chicago Public Schools says it will try to speed up the process of finding new uses for buildings shuttered by school closings in 2013 by putting about 30 vacant properties...

For the second year in a row, Chicago Public Schools officials are looking to slash expenses after failing to cash in anticipated funding from Springfield. The budget hole created by...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has swapped one of his most recent appointments to the Chicago Board of Education with a former top aide who has helped negotiate contracts with the Chicago...

Almost four years after a massive round of school closings ignited a political firestorm, Chicago Public Schools has proposed a new $75 million high school for the South Side even...

Chicago Public Schools' plan to sell $500 million in bonds for construction projects won a rather rosy response from one Wall Street ratings agency, which concluded that tax money devoted...

Critics of changes to special education spending made by Chicago Public Schools took their complaints to City Hall and district headquarters Wednesday, saying the system has cut resources for students....

Chicago Public Schools' inspector general told the school board Wednesday that the district has stalled his investigation of a possible ethics violation involving its top lawyer by invoking attorney-client privilege....

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday signed off on a $5.5 billion operating budget that features a gaping hole left by Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of legislation that would...