Charity Gives Schoolkids Early Christmas
More than 800 hundred students at Richard J. Daley Academy on the city's South Side received a visit from Santa today who handed out gifts that were requested.
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More than 800 hundred students at Richard J. Daley Academy on the city's South Side received a visit from Santa today who handed out gifts that were requested.
A parents group says the CPS policy for failing students is unfair and has cost the system $100 million a year for the past 14 years.
Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that he wants to boost teacher training in the city, but would not commit to sending his own kids to Chicago Public Schools.
This is the last day on the job for Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Ron Huberman.
Mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun is criticizing rival candidate Gery Chico for a part of his resume he's most proud of.
A spirited rally saw more than a hundred community activists crammed into the Chicago School Board lobby to demand an expansion of the Charter School System.
Principals are paid handsomely at the Chicago Public Schools, according to new data.
The candidate for mayor says he'd supply laptops to high schoolers "immediately," and to the rest of the system's more than 400,000 students within four years.
he Chicago Teachers Union says it welcomes Terr Mazany, even though he does not want the CPS job permanently.
Chicago Community Trust chief executive officer Terry Mazany has been named the new chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools.
A women's group has filed a complaint against the Chicago Public Schools, claiming boys have more opportunities to play sports than girls.
Two months into the school year, Chicago Board of Education officials Tuesday were already estimating next school year's deficit at $700 million.
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley says he hopes to chose a new leader for the nation's third largest school district by the end of the year.
Advocates want educator, not businessman, to lead Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman is planning to step down by the end of the month, much sooner than he initially indicated in the wake of Mayor Richard M. Daley's decision not to seek another term.
Grief counselors will be on hand at a Far Southeast Side elementary school Monday morning, helping students cope with the loss of a special education teacher.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman has presented parents at Whittier Elementary School with five proposals for placing a library at the school where parents staged a six-week sit in demanding a library.
A weeks-long sit-in at Whitter Elementary School's field house has officially ended Wednesday evening.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman agreed Wednesday to give parents at Whittier Elementary School a signed letter committing to a deal to put a library at Whittier, which could end a weeks-long sit-in at the school's field house.
he application to be Principal for a Day in the Chicago Public Schools tomorrow appears to require a donation of at least $1,000.
Parents and activists have reached a tentative deal with the Chicago Public Schools that could end a month-long standoff at Whittier Elementary School.
This fall, young gardeners at the Chicago Public Schools are harvesting the fruits of their labor, but they won't be the ones enjoying it.
The Chicago Public Schools are offering a compromise to end the stalemate over a field house at Whittier Elementary School, but parents aren't ready to end their sit-in just yet.
Some parents met with Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Ron Huberman this morning, as they fight to save an old field house at Whittier Elementary School.
They want the fieldhouse saved and are pleased by a meeting with the alderman and schools CEO. PHOTOS
