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Jorge Lucero leads a panel of educators whose teaching practice is also their creative practice.

One activist said CPS often gets distracted with other issues and hasn’t ensured that district schools offer students enough education about black history or literature.

Teachers who once turned to textbooks for far-flung environmental case studies now teach sustainability from Chicago’s backyard.

Is our world overpopulated or underpopulated? Some reports indicate overpopulation can have an immediate impact on our world's environment and our ability to provide food, water, shelter and social economic opportunity for all.

More than 4,000 students in West Chicago won't be in class due to a teachers strike.

Tens of thousands of young people get arrested each year in Chicago, and a lot of those arrests happen on the grounds of Chicago Public Schools.

Advocates say budget cuts are making childcare inaccessible for many parents.