Education
Comprehensive education coverage for Chicago, including public schools, higher education, the Chicago Teachers Union and everything parents and students need to know.
Chicago’s Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight continues.
Historically, few students could jump ahead, and most who did were from schools with few low-income students. Chicago Public Schools is trying to make the policy more equitable.
Advocate Children’s Hospital flagged three knockoff car seats in the past year amid a rise nationally in parents buying seats that don’t meet U.S. safety standards.
The main revenue source for the 4% raise isn’t available until at least September. Meanwhile, the CPS board president says he and the interim CEO are working “feverishly” to produce the raises sooner.
A jury has found Brian Crowder, 43, guilty on multiple counts for sexually abusing a teenage student at Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice.
University officials recently suspended the group from campus because of its affiliation with Planned Parenthood. Student leaders accuse DePaul of kowtowing to President Donald Trump.
This comes as the school district faces a $730 million budget deficit. Chicago Public Schools officials say the changes are not about reducing costs but about doing right by students.
Michael Schill will sit for a “transcribed interview” with the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on August 5, a university spokesperson said. On Monday, the committee accused Harvard University of violating federal civil rights law in “failing to protect Jewish students.”
The bills offer direct admission without an application for qualified Illinois students at most public universities and helps with financial aid applications.
Many of those cut are crossing guards. Another 209 open positions were eliminated in an effort to close a projected $734 million budget gap, the school district said Friday. Cuts to teaching and school-based staff could come in July.
Juan Hernández era adolescente cuando fue sentenciado a prisión. Tenía 32 años de edad cuando finalmente terminó su educación secundaria.
Chicago advocates and educators worry the ruling could have a chilling effect on curricula. The court ruled the schools likely could not require students to participate in lessons involving the books if parents had religious objections.
The Illinois State Board of Education and the Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital announced the launch of Resilience-Supportive Schools Illinois — a free online program that gives schools tools to support mental health and resilience of students and educators.
A resolution approved Thursday directs the school district to look for energy efficient ways to make needed repairs. The board unanimously approved the proposal.
The new figure, announced Thursday by the CEO, includes a $175 million pension payment that Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to balance the city’s budget and has long wanted CPS to assume.
The cuts come after the Trump administration enacted a federal funding freeze of $790 million in April.
With Chicago Public Schools facing a $529 million budget deficit, the teachers union president says Chicago needs to stand up to President Donald Trump’s attacks on public education by supporting its schools.
Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education.
These loans, called income share agreements, could become more popular as President Donald Trump’s administration claws back federal loans and grants.
The USAID cuts to the Soybean Innovation Lab could have a widespread impact on the program and its employees at the Urbana-Champaign campus and also across Africa.