• Atlanta school board votes to close or repurpose 16 schools

  

• Law firm announces $17.5M settlement in sexual abuse case against former CPS dean

  

• New STAAR test becomes law on Thursday, won't be implemented until 27-28 school year

  

• Annual trolley toy drive collects Christmas gifts from Chicago area high schools

  

• Brooklyn principal declines to invite Holocaust survivor to speak at school

  

• One killed, one injured in New Castle house fire

  

• 12-year-old Wylie student arrested for making threats against school administrator

  

• 2 schools on secure status due to the investigation of a death nearby