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CPS limiting student-teacher contact

— August 27, 2018

Chicago Public Schools officials are taking action to limit cell-phone contact and social media communication between staff and students in the wake of pupils’ allegations of sexual…

Victims in Chicago school sex cases tell lawmakers of trauma
— June 26, 2018

Morgan Aranda simply knew that the selective-enrollment Walter Payton College Prep on Chicago’s North Side was the right school for her. She entered the highly-touted school as a…
School funding solution stalls as lawmakers, Rauner, bicker
— August 4, 2017

As the clock ticked toward opening day for Illinois schools, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Springfield Democrats seemed even more far apart on a compromise that would allow school districts…
New high school pilot program will track student mastery, skills
— April 10, 2017

“How do you eat an elephant? — One bite at a time,” the saying goes. When the elephant in the room is the high school education system in Illinois, breaking down student success…
Concerns raised over conditions at Chicago’s Curie High School
— September 8, 2016

Karina Martinez never gets too settled in classrooms at Curie Metropolitan High School. It is not disciplinary or health issues that may prevent her from staying in one classroom for…

Working on Womanhood emphasizes values with Chicago’s teen girls
— December 12, 2017

“Aishia (an alias used to protect her identity)” likens the openness she feels in the Working on Womanhood program at her school to a family gathering around the table…
School funding caught in Springfield’s ‘game of chicken’
— July 22, 2017

Whether Illinois schools will receive state funds to open in the fall will depend on a compromise between two parties that have historically not been very good at working together:…
“Welcoming” ordinances get mixed reviews in suburban Cook
— March 7, 2017

As the deportation net expands wider for undocumented immigrants, based on executive orders of President Donald J. Trump, suburban Cook County towns and school districts are taking…