Michael Martinez

Two Fenger High School students were injured Tuesday when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of students walking home, Chicago police said. Authorities said between six and 12 shots...

After being removed from her job and reassigned to the Chicago school system's central office, the principal of the controversial Zapata Elementary School sued the board Thursday, asking that it...

Faced with an unprecedented teacher shortage as students prepare to return to school next week, the Archdiocese of Chicago is scrambling to fill hundreds of empty teachers' desks at area...

Illinois' 121,000 public school teachers, who now enjoy one of the country's easiest recertification processes--they merely mail in a $4 check--would have to return to school to update their skills...

A second student at Hyde Park Career Academy was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct Monday after police said the 16-year-old collaborated with a 17-year-old in threatening to blow up the...

Several Chicago families who were awarded scholarships Wednesday that will allow them to send their children to private or parochial schools were elated at the opportunity to pull their kids...

More than a week since the first flakes hit the ground, commuters, schoolchildren and just about anybody else who needed to get around Monday was still coping with the aftermath...

The Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees on Wednesday night approved a 4-year contract with the Chicago Teachers Union. The contract will give annual raises to most teachers of 3...

(This is one of eight stories and eighteen tables associated with the release of the 1998 Illinois school report cards for city and suburban schools.) The banner across the hall...

Although schools remain one of the safest places for children, the recent shootings across the country have many educators, parents and students wondering how schools can prevent more tragedies, especially...