After months of protests and last-minute pleas to stop the massive closure, the local board of education supports Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to shut down campuses in an effort to stave off a looming $1 billion deficit. Read Full Post >
There is a webinar about principal evaluation on Wednesday, May 29, at 3pm E.T. Read Full Post >
As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to vote this week, strong protests against massive school closures in the city continue. Read Full Post >
The lawsuits, filed in federal court on behalf of parents, allege that the district is violating the civil rights of special education students and African-American students. Read Full Post >
A new initiative that combines math tutoring with violence-prevention programming will serve up to 1,000 youth in Chicago this fall. Read Full Post >
A new initiative that combines math tutoring with violence-prevention programming will serve up to 1,000 youth in Chicago this fall. Read Full Post >
Penny Pritzker, a Chicago business executive and former member of the Chicago Board of Education, is President Barack Obama's pick to be U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Read Full Post >
A new infographic from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign illustrates the disproportionate effect of school closings on minority and low-income students. Read Full Post >
Chicago students join increasing numbers of protests around the country objecting to what some say is an overuse of standardized tests. Read Full Post >
We are over-tested, under-resourced, and fed up with the policies put in place by Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Board of Education. Today, students from across the city are fighting back! CPS officials have tried to threaten and intimidate us but students and the community have been silenced for too long. We know this is an action that puts us at risk of retaliation, but it's a risk we are willing to tak Read Full Post >
