Stephanie Banchero

Only half of Illinois 5th graders passed the state writing exam last school year, a precipitous fall of nearly 20 percentage points in just three years, according to data released...

Only half of Illinois 5th graders passed the state writing exam last school year, a precipitous fall of nearly 20 percentage points in just three years, according to data released...

Girls in Illinois grade schools outperformed boys on every state achievement exam last school year, according to a Tribune analysis, a twist in performance that has perplexed state officials and...

Nearly 900 Illinois public schools failed to meet rising No Child Left Behind achievement targets last school year, 30 percent more than missed the mark the previous year. It's the...

Chicago Public Schools, which already has the largest junior military reserve program in the nation, on Monday will commission the country's first public high school run by the U.S. Marines,...

Illinois elementary school achievement exams are some of the easiest in the nation to pass, especially when it comes to math, according to a national report released Wednesday. The study...

The business community will take another large step into the educational landscape of Chicago and the nation Wednesday, when Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft magnate Bill Gates announce a joint...

In the nationwide test used to measure school reform, Illinois pupils showed slight improvements in math and reading last spring but did not keep pace with the rest of the...

In Chicago-area public schools, African-American students are five times as likely to be suspended and nearly eight times as likely to be expelled as white students, according to a Tribune...

In Chicago-area public schools, African-American students are five times as likely to be suspended and nearly eight times as likely to be expelled as white students, according to a Tribune...