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Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Janice Jackson speaks during a news conference at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School as high school students returned to in-person learning on April 19, 2021, in Chicago.

CPS urged not to use $2 billion in COVID-19 relief toward debt but on direct help for students

April 28, 2021 at 7:33 p.m.

Determined to repair what some describe as decades of debilitating disinvestment in Chicago's Black and brown communities, parents and elected officials say that the nearly $2 billion in federal COVID-19...

Chicago-area students lead thousands of people of all ages in Chicago's March For Our Lives rally for gun reform at Union Park on March 24, 2018.

Illinois’ new student safety hotline was delayed by COVID-19. Now it’s debuting ‘at a time kids need it most.’

April 28, 2021 at 8:35 a.m.

After it was delayed for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Illinois school safety helpline has been launched to give kids a safe and confidential place...

James Serritella, who defended Cardinal Bernardin against abuse allegation and helped craft policies to protect children, dies

April 26, 2021 at 7:34 p.m.

When Cardinal Joseph Bernardin was falsely accused of sexual abuse in 1993, Chicago attorney James A. Serritella, led the successful defense of the popular archbishop. More than a decade earlier,...

Chicago residents protest police in schools at a Daley Plaza rally, June 24, 2020.

School officers won’t be back in Chicago Public Schools buildings this spring as future of police in schools remains in doubt

April 26, 2021 at 2:22 p.m.

Chicago Police Department school resource officers will not be present at the city's newly reopened high schools for the rest of the school year, Chicago Public Schools announced as it...

Ryan Mohler, 15, a freshman at Neuqua Valley High School, sits in his room and watches an instructional video on CPR for his online physical education class. After a teammate tested positive for COVID-19, members of the freshman and sophomore football teams were put on quarantine for two weeks.

The soaring number of students in quarantine is the latest obstacle for schools and sports teams trying to get back to normal

April 23, 2021 at 6:22 p.m.

When Tim Burns received a call from the nurse at his daughter Emma's school on a recent afternoon, the message was both alarming and confusing. He was told Emma, a...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

With everyone 16 and up now vaccine-eligible, Chicago-area high schools look to help students get their shots

April 20, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

Determined to provide another layer of protection for students and teachers who are back in the classroom, officials at some Chicago-area high schools said they hope to take advantage of...

Students from John Hersey High School exit the building in Arlington Heights following their first day back to school in October.

155 students are in quarantine at Hersey High School after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases reported

April 20, 2021 at 1:20 p.m.

More than a dozen cases of COVID-19 have forced more than 150 students into quarantine at Hersey High School in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, officials said. "Out of 1,943 students...

Glenview School District 34, which includes Westbrook Elementary School, shown in this 2019 photo, was the subject of a complaint by a religious rights group over employee vaccines.

Christian rights group objects to Glenview school system’s vaccine policy, but district says it’s already granting religious waivers to employees

April 20, 2021 at 3:34 p.m.

A religious rights organization intervened after some employees of a school district in suburban Chicago said they objected to getting COVID-19 vaccines. But officials at north suburban Glenview School District...

Blue Island girl, 16, dies after being hit by car

April 18, 2021 at 1:43 p.m.

A 16-year-old Blue Island girl died Friday after being struck by a car, authorities said. The girl, who the Cook County medical examiner's office identified as Shaniya Walker, was struck...

Man hit by South Shore Line train has died, train officials say

April 16, 2021 at 7:23 p.m.

A man died Friday afternoon when he was hit by a South Shore Line electric commuter train near the Skyway on the city's South Side. A preliminary investigation by Metra...

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