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Otis Grissett rubs his head while waiting for a train at the State and Lake CTA "L" station in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2023.

Chicago prepares for excessive heat expected Wednesday and Thursday

August 22, 2023 at 7:26 p.m.

Chicago officials are preparing for the dangerous heat expected Wednesday and Thursday, reminding residents of the cooling centers around the city and assuring families of Chicago Public School students that...

Venezuelan migrants Carla Perez and Ronald Larez chat as they arrive for the first day of school and their parents talk with school administrators at The Ogden International School Monday. Ronald had to wait with other migrants while parents filled out additional paperwork.

Chicago Public Schools’ new year begins with help from the new mayor — and many old and looming challenges

March 11, 2024 at 12:46 p.m.

When more than 320,000 Chicago youths resumed classes Monday, the sense of renewal brought by a fresh school year was underscored by the presence of Chicago's new mayor, a former...

La migrante venezolana María Alejandra Larez Fuentes lee una hoja de información luego de lograr inscribir a su hijo de 9 años en la Escuela Internacional Ogden en 24 W. Walton St., el jueves 17 de agosto de 2023, en Chicago

Hijos de la crisis: CPS recibe a migrantes que necesitarán mucho más que instrucción académica para sanar el trauma

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

Esperaron durante más de cinco horas. Apenas unos días antes de que su hijo, Ronald, comenzara el tercer grado en las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago, María Alejandra Larez buscaba conseguirle...

Air conditioning units can be seen in the windows at John Milton Gregory Math and Science Academy in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2032.

As CPS reopens this week with extreme heat forecast, will schools be cool enough for learning?

August 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Once Chicago Public Schools parent Marcelina Pedraza arrived at George Washington Elementary School's Back to School Bash on Thursday, she said she was "accosted" by two things: a teacher who...

Maria Alejandra Larez reads an informational pamphlet after successfully enrolling her 9-year-old son, Ronald, at Ogden International School in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2023.

Children of the crisis: CPS prepares to welcome migrants who will need much more than schooling to heal from trauma

March 11, 2024 at 12:49 p.m.

They waited for more than five hours. Just days before her son, Ronald, started third grade in Chicago Public Schools, Maria Alejandra Larez was on a quest to get him...

Rosellene and Robert Bronstein with a photo of their son, Nate, a Latin School student who died in 2022.

Amended lawsuit in Latin School suicide case says school had assessed boy for suicidal ideation

August 12, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The parents of a Latin School of Chicago student filed a second amended complaint July 24 against the elite Gold Coast private school for allegedly turning a blind eye to...

Back of the Yards College Prep High School students wait to get their bags scanned as they enter on the first day of school, Aug. 22, 2022.

Updated X-ray machines for searching backpacks approved; devices are in use in more than 100 Chicago public schools

July 27, 2023 at 5:27 p.m.

New X-ray machines will greet some Chicago Public Schools students after they return to classes in the fall. At Wednesday's Board of Education meeting, members unanimously approved a $1 million...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters is shown in 2021.

Security guard at Chicago’s Farragut high school charged with sexually assaulting student

July 13, 2023 at 6:53 p.m.

Accused of grooming and raping a Chicago Public Schools student, a senior security officer at Farragut Career Academy High School was arrested and charged with criminal sexual assault this week....

Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez hold a news conference at City Hall in Chicago on June 8, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson replaces Chicago Board of Education president and most members ahead of move to elected board

July 5, 2023 at 6:18 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has chosen a former teacher and head of a prominent parents advocacy group to lead the Board of Education — part of Johnson's near-total restructuring of...

Manifestantes a favor y en contra de la acción afirmativa discuten frente a la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. en Washington, el 29 de junio de 2023. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Cuando la Corte Suprema anula la acción afirmativa, Chicago e Illinois reaccionan: ‘Esta decisión solo nos hace retroceder’

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

La estudiante de la Academia Kenwood, Scarlett Rose Smith, de 14 años, ya ha estado planeando el día en que postula a las universidades, con la escuela de arte en...

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