Stephanie Banchero

The nation's largest teachers union and a group of school districts sued the U.S. Department of Education Wednesday, contending the No Child Left Behind act is severely underfunded and has...

Nine months after its launch, Chicago's radical experiment to remake its city schools is struggling to get off the ground. Local corporations and foundations have been slow to pony up...

The pupils at John Paul II Catholic School in Chicago are too young to remember the pope's momentous visit to their parish 26 years ago, but they all can recite...

As parents and children brace for the shutdown of 23 Catholic schools, the archdiocese of Chicago is pinning its hopes for the future of Catholic education on the collection basket....

The nation's government, education, business and philanthropic leaders gathered in Washington on Sunday to lend their political--and in some cases financial--muscle to the burgeoning high school reform movement. Calling the...

Zapata Elementary in Little Village is so crammed with students that offices have been turned into classrooms. Storage closets double as workspace for the reading and computer teacher. And 100...

Saying far too many high school graduates are ill-prepared for college and the workforce, the nation's governors called Tuesday on educators, politicians and business officials to work together to radically...

President Bush's 2006 budget proposal was a mixed bag for Illinois and Chicago, with deep cuts in key community development, housing and education initiatives but an overall increase in federal...

Usually by this time of year, the Illinois State Board of Education has created a budget proposal and sent it to lawmakers and the governor. Invariably, it has pushed for...

The U.S. Education Department, which promotes President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act as its hallmark education reform, acknowledged Friday that it paid $240,000 in taxpayer money to a syndicated...