Stephanie Banchero

Statewide passing scores on the Illinois high school achievement exams dropped to a new low this year, according to data released Wednesday. High school juniors passed only 52.6 percent of...

For freshmen at the Marine Military Academy on Chicago's West Side Tuesday, the first day of school revealed a work in progress. Administrators unpacked computers and assembled desks, while students...

Montie Apostolos had all the tests results, homework and discipline reports spread out in front of her. It was the end of the third quarter in mid-April and DJ, once...

Montie Apostolos sat Buddha-like on the living room floor of her downtown Chicago apartment, legs crossed, hands resting on the knees of her pajamas, discussing literary elements in the movie...

At a school where every other reform had failed, Montie Apostolos was the last, best chance for students to succeed. She had been brought in because she produced impressive gains...

Most Chicago public school pupils met or exceeded state tests in reading, math and science for the second consecutive year, according to preliminary results released Tuesday. Increases were highest in...

Tiara Williams never thought her fiance's murder in a Hyde Park restaurant could become even more upsetting a year after his death. Then she learned that Corey Ebenezer wasn't killed...