Chicago Public Schools has received less than half of the thousands of applications it needs for Local School Council spots ...

The interest and issuance cost of borrowing and lost investments totaled $59.5 million for suburban school districts and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's part-elected, part-appointed school Board voted to raise property taxes. While it's a small amount, some Board members say any amount is too much during a time when some ...

The Chicago Board of Education on Monday voted to increase its property tax levy for next year to generate $25 million in new revenue for the Chicago Public Schools. The board had already approved ...

The education story of the year has been the “Southern Surge.” An intrepid group of southern states have led the nation in post-pandemic recovery. In a decade, Mississippi moved from 49th to seventh ...

Lax rules, poor oversight let millions of taxpayer dollars be used for foreign travel – including safaris and camel rides – for Chicago Public Schools staff. Since 2019, Chicago Public Schools staff ...

Seven kids have been charged in connection with an attack on a young mom and her son near a Chicago Public school last month. The children, aging in range from 10 to 13, were each charged with one or ...

Every day that Chicago Public Schools goes without much-delayed property tax revenue, the school district is paying $220,000 in interest on short-term loans it took out to make payroll — that’s the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Seven minors are now facing criminal charges over an attack on a woman and her children near a Chicago Public Schools elementary school last month on the South Side, police said. A ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Principal Anna Vilchez takes pride in how much ...

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Winter break is here for Chicago Public Schools Students, and at one school in the Pullman neighborhood, that meant a loud and festive sendoff before heading home for the holidays. Inside Edgar Allen ...