Education
Comprehensive education coverage for Chicago, including public schools, higher education, the Chicago Teachers Union and everything parents and students need to know.
Like a lot of students, Isabelle Dizon was looking for mental health support. The University of Illinois Chicago promised to help but never came through.
As part of a larger effort to remake Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education moves ahead with its latest policy change.
A nationwide shortage of school bus drivers since the COVID-19 pandemic began has persisted. Chicago officials must, by law, prioritize special education and homeless students.
The creation of LSCs goes back to the reform movement under the late Mayor Harold Washington. In the first LSC election in 1989, over 17,000 parents, teachers and community members ran for seats. Now, many schools struggle to find enough candidates.
The Runway 606 program, starting this fall, will allow any CPS student with a 2.5 GPA to apply for dual enrollment with City Colleges of Chicago and a pathway to earn a technology-based degree at Illinois Institute of Technology.
The ADL says in a new report that pro-Palestinian groups are stoking a rise in anti-Jewish hate through weekly protests, organizing on campuses and social media posts. Students for Justice in Palestine calls the allegation “baseless.”
But Chicago Public Schools needs city and state help to meet that goal, CEO Pedro Martinez said.
Nidhi Kulkarni, 12, correctly spelled “myocarditis” to win the top prize in the Chicago Public Schools Spelling Bee Championship Tuesday. She will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May.
Higher ed’s constant accommodation of students’ discomfort leaves them unprepared for what’s coming tomorrow, Chicago’s Next Voices columnist writes.
Earlier this week, Chicago Public Schools learned of a positive measles case involving a student at Philip D. Armour Elementary School, and the Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed another case at Cooper Dual Language Elementary Academy.
“This is what the community really asked for,” Ald. Walter Burnett said of improvements coming to Touhy-Herbert Park.
Illinois House OKs deal approved by the Senate that would put 10 of 21 school board seats up for election this November. Mayor Brandon Johnson will appoint the rest, including the board president.
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Wednesday that St. Frances will stay open at least the next five years after groups and individuals pledged hundreds of thousands of dollars — though the exact figure will depend on enrollment per year.
CPS says it’s addressing accessibility upgrades and other needs, and the task at hand must be completed as soon as possible.
With the current teachers contract expiring in June, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates listed her goals Tuesday in upcoming negotiations with CPS.
Senate passage of the plan came after the mayor urged Illinois Senate President Don Harmon to support an election for 10 seats this year. The mayor will appoint the other 11 members.
A new facility in Washington Park will return health care training to an area that lost it years ago.
Parents of children with disabilities say CPS continues to discriminate against students with special needs. They want special ed programs in all neighborhood schools, translators for non-English-speaking students with disabilities and accessibility upgrades to buildings.
In the early days of the AIDS crisis, the Northwestern University professor was a leading academic researcher who advocated for compassionate care of patients.
Kenwood officials defended the steps they take to ensure students enrolling in the highly sought after school actually live in its attendance boundaries — especially in the wake of residency violations that left several members of the school’s basketball team ineligible to play.
Through artwork, dance, readings and performances, students at Willa Cather Elementary in East Garfield Park share what they’ve learned this Black History Month.
University of Chicago professor Shane Dunkle and his English-learning board game group have found success in helping students acquire more casual English skills.
The 39 high schools that have kept their school resource officers must come up with alternative plans, after a Board of Education vote that antagonized some local school councils, elected officials and others who wanted to keep LSCs in control of the matter.
Shortly after 11 p.m., the university said police were on scene near 70 Arts Circle Drive investigating reports of an active threat. About 11:44, police issued an all clear, saying no one had been shot.
CPS, in a separate vote, opted to drop janitorial giant Aramark as the district’s cleaning provider.
Trenz Beauty Academy, with a location in Calumet City and another on Chicago’s South Side, is one of five schools nationwide chosen by the singer’s foundation, BeyGOOD Fund, to be eligible for $250,000 in scholarships.
The Chicago Board of Education’s potential vote to dismantle school choice and get rid of police, even in schools that want them, imposes a blanket approach that strips families of a say in their children’s education and safety, eight elected officials write.
The decision comes after Mayor Brandon Johnson gave his blessing last month to end the school district’s $10.3 million contract with the Chicago Police Department.
Research by Harvard and Stanford universities found Chicago’s 3rd- to 8th-grade students outpaced most similar districts in reading growth from 2019 to 2023, while Illinois was one of only three states whose reading achievement now exceeds 2019 levels.
President Kwang-Wu Kim’s resignation comes after a school year upended by a lengthy strike.