Stephanie Banchero

A federal education initiative President Bush touted as a way to let children escape bad schools while giving them better teachers is disintegrating into a disjointed series of half steps,...

Demonstrating the limited impact of a federal law designed to allow children to flee struggling schools, just half of the Chicago children who asked to transfer were granted their request,...

In an unexpected twist, just days before the new school year, Illinois State Board of Education officials said Wednesday they believe at least 13 failing high schools, including 12 in...

Nearly 35 percent of Illinois high school juniors struggled to perform one-step arithmetic computations, understand basic science terms and draw simple conclusions about the main idea of a paragraph on...

Whether it's because parents are satisfied with current conditions or were provided few good alternatives, only 1,900 Chicago Public Schools pupils--about 7 percent of those eligible--have requested transfers out of...

In an unprecedented move, the Illinois State Board of Education upheld a school district's decision to revoke the license of Governors State University Charter School, closing down one of the...

Minority and low-income students in Illinois posted impressive gains on state achievement tests last school year, but they still lag significantly behind their white and wealthier counterparts, according to statewide...

Chicago Public Schools officials unveiled a plan Monday that severely curbs students' freedom to flee failing schools and opt into better ones, despite a new federal law that many say...

Ignoring the wishes of some lawmakers and both gubernatorial candidates, the Illinois State Board of Education named a new state superintendent Thursday, dropping him into the same contentious position that...

The Illinois State Board of Education is expected to appoint Robert Schiller, former head of Michigan schools, as the state's next superintendent of education during a board meeting Thursday, according...