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Chicago Public Schools headquarters in the Loop on Dec. 15, 2021.

Chicago Public Schools sets new dates for High School Admissions Test after technical glitches forced cancellation

October 19, 2023 at 12:02 p.m.

After technical glitches forced the cancellation of Chicago Public Schools' High School Admissions Test last week, the district's 26,000 eighth graders will finally be able to put the competitive assessment...

Kenwood Academy Junior High School student Lydia Popova, 13, on Oct. 13, 2023. Her mother said Lydia had been preparing for weeks to take one of the most important exams of her young life.

Chicago Public Schools eighth graders in limbo after High School Admissions Test postponed over tech issues

October 13, 2023 at 6:32 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said it's still working to set a new date for the High School Admissions Test that eighth graders were expecting to take Wednesday. The students encountered confusion...

Kerry Dolan receives a hug from her daughter Nora, 7, after Dolan was voted in as the new principal of Jones College Prep in Chicago's South Loop during a Local School Council meeting on Oct. 11, 2023.

Jones College Prep names new principal nearly a year after previous one was removed amid controversy

October 13, 2023 at 9:17 a.m.

Nearly a year after long-simmering equity issues at William Jones College Prep erupted with a student sit-in and prompted the removal of then-Principal Joseph Powers, the Local School Council voted...

Attendees at a Chicago Board of Education meeting at Austin College and Career Academy High School on Sept. 28, 2023.

Chicago Public Schools sees 1K enrollment increase and launches 5-year plan, with some pushback from community

September 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials announced the first enrollment increase the district has seen in a dozen years, with 1,185 more students this school year. At the first in a series...

Sisters Zoe Garcia, 11, left, and Sofia Garcia, 7, get help from their mother, Karla Avelar, before leaving for school at Pulaski International School of Chicago, Sept. 20, 2023.

Without busing, CPS parents tell board of ed, they’re commuting for hours and risking their jobs

September 20, 2023 at 8:04 p.m.

He's giving it a couple more weeks. Chicago Public Schools parent Deepak Jha says he and his first grade son, Vansh, can only keep up their daily three- to four-hour...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez works with third graders doing math at Wendell Green Elementary School in Chicago on Sept. 19, 2023.

CPS elementary students’ IAR test scores show partial gains in reading and math — and also disparities

September 19, 2023 at 5:05 p.m.

While releasing new standardized test scores Tuesday, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez celebrated elementary students' gains in reading and math scores that, according to the district, constitute a partial...

Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, from left, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates at City Hall in Chicago on June 8, 2023.

CTU President Stacy Davis Gates defends son’s private school enrollment in email to members

September 8, 2023 at 5:50 p.m.

Facing backlash for enrolling the eldest of her three children in a private high school, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates emailed members Thursday evening to address the scrutiny...

Debora Land stands outside Jones College Preparatory High School in Chicago on Sept. 1, 2023. When she was a member of the Jones Local School Council, Land reported an allegation of a physical restraint violation involving a special education student.

After CPS violated state law over physical restraint, district says it’s met training mandates. Parents and experts say more needs to be done.

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Less than an hour after Chicago Public Schools disclosed its multiple violations of state law regarding the physical restraint of students in May, parents began responding with complaints. "(M)y child...

Migrant students from Venezuela and their mothers leave a temporary shelter at Piotrowski Park and walk toward Emiliano Zapata Acadamy School on May 24, 2023. Latinos in majority districts say that increased enrollment is a positive move for the neighborhood.

Many asylum-seeker students facing school transfers due to haphazard relocation of migrant families, CPS tells City Council

September 7, 2023 at 6:13 p.m.

School transfers abound for asylum-seeker students due to the city's haphazard relocation of migrant families and because every school isn't equipped to serve English learners in need of trauma-informed services,...

Young people wait for a bus across the street from Roberto Clemente Community Academy in Ukrainian Village after school on Aug. 24, 2023.

Chicago heat wave: CPS scrambles to keep AC working in all classrooms after soaring temperatures and isolated outages

August 24, 2023 at 7:33 p.m.

Facing soaring indoor temperatures due to insufficient air conditioning, parents at Chicago's Roberto Clemente Community Academy pulled their children from classes Thursday, according to Juanita García Avilés, a parent and...

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