Report: Over Half Of City's Public Schools Are Underutilized
Over half of Chicago's public schools are underutilized, according to a new report.
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Over half of Chicago's public schools are underutilized, according to a new report.
The Chicago School Board is advising that school should be in session for 36 more minutes for high school students when the longer school day takes effect systemwide.
Parents of Chicago Public Schools students gathered outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office Monday to demand he hold off on plans to close or overhaul several public schools and meet with them.
A Chicago School Board meeting was suspended Wednesday morning, as angry protesters jumped up and shouted about plans to close and consolidate some schools.
Rainy weather did not impede Chicago Public Schools teachers from continuing their fight against planned school closures into the early morning hours.
More than 500 people jammed the sidewalk in front of the Chicago Public Schools' downtown headquarters for a 90-minute rally Tuesday night and a handful were determined to stay the night to be first in line for Wednesday's school board meeting.
Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Jean-Claude Brizard says the system has no choice but to close some schools because they "are so far gone that you cannot save them."
Chicago Public Schools officials are planning to close two elementary schools next fall and phase out two high schools as part of a major overhaul of schools in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first year leading the district.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he's bringing Chicago's new policing strategy to the Public School system, in a new effort to keep high school students safer.
Hundreds of pink slips might soon be on the way for principals, teachers and staff members at 10 Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and city public school officials say they want to fire the staffs of 10 underachieving schools in hopes of improving student performance.
Parents of Chicago Public School students can now go online to see how CPS grades each of its schools, but some parents say the grades are confusing, especially when some of the top graded schools have so many kids testing below national standards.
Two months from now, more than 2,000 Chicago Public high school students will have the opportunity of a lifetime.
The head of the Chicago Public Schools says officials will replace a substantial number of principals, in an effort to help address the problem of poor performance in the most impoverished areas of the city.
As part of its plans for a longer school day at the Chicago Public Schools, physical education classes will be phased back in for all high school juniors and seniors.
Chicago Public Schools officials are outlining the standards they will use when they decide which school principals and other will receive raises based on their job performance.
The Emanuel administration and the Chicago Teachers Union are calling a ceasefire in their continuing skirmishes over a longer school day for the Chicago Public Schools.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning his campaign for a longer school day up a notch, while some parents and teachers argue that A 7 ½-hour day is just too long.
Tuesday was report card pick-up day for some Chicago Public Schools and it could put some principals on the hot seat. Parents aren't only getting their child's progress report, they're also getting a print-out on how the school itself is doing.
Chicago Public Schools could be in for another round of closures and consolidations.
The Chicago Board of Education is looking to sweeten the deal for charter schools if they adopt a longer school day.
New details were emerging Tuesday about a hazing incident at Prosser Career Academy that left a 14-year-old football player with bruises.
Doctors at Children's Memorial Hospital and Chicago Public Schools officials said they support Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for legislation to use red light cameras to catch speeders near schools and parks.
A big cross-country meet for north side public school students Friday got off on the wrong foot.
A Southwest Side woman said her grandson, a special needs child, could have died. The boy was left on a school bus for hours and nobody noticed. As CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports, it happened earlier this month when it was unseasonably hot.
