Karen M. Thomas

A simple proposal designed to strengthen college admission standards for athletes caused a firestorm in the athletic community last week. It exposed some of the hypocrisies in big-time college sport,...

Legislators said Tuesday that they have reached tentative agreement on all but one thorny school reform issue, paving the way for a sweeping bill to reshape the Chicago public schools....

Gov. James Thompson agreed Friday to convene a summit next week of legislative leaders and others seeking a compromise on Chicago public school reform, but the governor indicated that only...

Chicago Teachers Union President Jacqueline Vaughn Tuesday renewed a vow to vigorously oppose sweeping legislation to improve Chicago Public Schools because of changes made by Gov. James Thompson in seniority...

Those who knew Arthur Baker called the 33-year-old Montefiore School custodial worker Thursday a ''quiet, nice, hard-working family man.'' Baker was one of four people shot and killed Thursday morning...

The city`s public schools held the first day of classes on schedule Wednesday. In Chicago, that`s news. The start of school was relatively smooth for most of the city`s 420,000...

For months now, efforts to improve the Chicago public schools have centered on giving parents a greater role and providing more local control at individual schools. While those efforts have...

Gov. James Thompson suspended formal negotiations with legislative leaders over a state income-tax increase Wednesday, saying further talks would be futile because of opposition from House Speaker Michael Madigan (D.,...

In a sharp reversal from previous statements, top Chicago school officials said Wednesday that the school system would be able to use for educational reforms all-or nearly all-of the $122...

Despite months of highly publicized efforts at reform in Chicago`s public schools, U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett said Wednesday that the school system remains at the bottom of the education...