Stephanie Banchero

Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma was in Chicago last week as part of Silk Road Chicago, a yearlong celebration inspired by the art, music and culture along the historic Silk Road....

The Illinois State Board of Education voted Thursday to lower the passing score on the social science/history test that teachers must pass before receiving their licenses, saying that too many...

Yo-Yo Ma sat on the edge of the small stage at the Art Institute, his cello resting across his lap. "See this fingerboard?" the acclaimed cellist asked the audience. "It...

Yo-Yo Ma sat on the edge of the small stage at the Art Institute, his cello resting across his lap. "See this fingerboard?" the acclaimed cellist asked the audience. "It...

Chicago Public Schools officials are using a variety of tactics to siphon money away from the system's most disadvantaged students, according to an analysis of the district's 2007 budget to...

In a new kind of political pork, state officials awarded $12 million to more than 100 non-profit groups, businesses, schools and churches for after-school programs that, in some cases, served...

A comprehensive study released Thursday has finally proven what anecdotal evidence has long suggested: Poorly qualified teachers drag down student achievement. The first-of-its kind study demonstrated that elementary and high...

About 70 percent of Illinois 4th and 8th graders lack basic knowledge in the physical, life and earth sciences, according to national test results released Wednesday. The lackluster performance of...

A day after Gov. Rod Blagojevich unveiled his $10 billion school financing and education reform plan, lawmakers, local school officials and teachers union representatives raised serious reservations, suggesting that key...

Three hundred Clemente High School students came together Friday to discuss the violence and racial problems that have plagued the West Town school and to chart a course for a...