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Students Return to DuSable Campus

Security officials at Chicago Public Schools insist the DuSable campus is safe enough for teachers and students to return today.

Posted on 4.14.2008
Court Delivers Blow to Chicago School Councils

Cook County judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against a local school district.

Posted on 4.11.2008
Chicago 8th Graders Become Better Writers

Chicago 8th graders outgain the rest of the country on the writing portion of the Nation’s Report Card.

Posted on 4.3.2008
Students Protest Handgun Killings

Twenty-two Chicago Public Schools students have been killed this year, twenty with handguns.

Posted on 4.1.2008
Hundreds Rally for Tougher Gun Laws

Hundreds of angry high school students called for tougher gun laws at a midday rally in the Loop.

Posted on 4.1.2008
Simeon Students to Lead Gun Protest

Hundreds of students from Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy are expected to call for tougher gun laws at a protest this morning at the State of Illinois building.

Posted on 3.31.2008
Duncan Decries Simeon Shooting

Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy is grieving the death of a former student who was killed this weekend.

Posted on 3.31.2008
Crane Students Adjust to Heightened Security

As many as a dozen squad cars and scores of uniformed and plain-clothes cops began guarding Crane when kids returned from spring break on Monday.

Posted on 3.27.2008
Hearings Continue on School Turnaround Plan

Public hearings continue this week on plans to turnaround some low-performing Chicago schools.

Posted on 2.11.2008
Chicago Wants ISAT Given in Students Native Languages

With state testing just weeks away, Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan is demanding additional help for limited English speakers.

Posted on 2.6.2008
South Loop Votes on Magnet School

Residents in Chicago’s south loop will be able to vote tomorrow on whether a magnet school should be converted into a regular neighborhood school.

Posted on 2.4.2008
Turnaround Schools Hunt for Top Teachers

Chicago caused a national stir last week, when it announced it would replace teachers at four failing high schools and the elementary schools that feed them. This morning, the private group leading the reform effort at some of the schools is getting a ten million dollar vote of confidence from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Posted on 1.31.2008
Vandals Strike School Buses

Students in the Kaneland school district in Chicago’s far western suburbs got a surprise day off today, after vandals deflated tires on forty-five school buses.

Posted on 1.25.2008
Gifted School Parents: Don't Move Our Kids

Parents from a northwest side school for gifted kids sparred this morning with top officials at the Chicago Board of Education.

Posted on 1.23.2008
Parents at Gifted School Protest Possible Move

Tomorrow, Chicago Public Schools is expected announce the consolidation or closing of some elementary schools.

Posted on 1.23.2008
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