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Updated at: 6:20 am on 4/14/11For months, groups pushing for changes to teacher tenure in Illinois have been meeting behind closed doors with the state’s biggest teachers unions.They’ve now emerged with a deal that would fundamentally change how teachers are hired and fired in Illinois.Robi

U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan returned to Chicago on Wednesday to support increased funding for early childhood education.

Over the last week, busloads of parents and students have protested plans to close or consolidate their schools.But some people envision a time when parents fight for their schools to be shut down or turned into charter schools.The author of California’s “parent trigger” law, former Democratic state

Chicago Public Schools is changing its mind about closing some schools on the West Side. Parents had warned their children would have to traverse dangerous gang lines to get to other schools.

Chicago's Public school system is getting an earful from parents about its proposal to close some schools.

Monday, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reinforced the idea that federal civil rights law obliges schools to respond to allegations of sexual violence. The timing is right-April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Some parents think they've found a way to restore recess to the school day in Chicago public schools, and add time to the short school day.Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel has put the Chicago Teachers Union on notice that he wants a longer school day.