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Federal officials say Illinois will get more than $22 million for low achieving schools through a school improvement program.

Tensions are heating up at a North Side charter school where teachers have formed a union. About two-thirds of the teachers and staff at the Chicago Math and Science Academy signed union cards last school year.

Chicago Public Schools was named “district of the year” today by the College Board for boosting the number of minority kids taking and passing tough Advanced Placement exams.Many high schools wanting to tackle achievement gaps and get more kids ready for college have pushed a greater num

More than 800 teachers and principals in Chicago share a common beginning: they got their start in education through Teach for America.In the coming years, the national teacher corps wants to nearly double the number of teachers and principals it has in Chicago, from 850 today to more than 1500.

Chicago's mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said Friday he'll look into opening more single-sex public high schools in the city once he's in City Hall.There are currently four such campuses in Chicago Public Schools.At a question and answer forum with city high school students, Emanuel said he'll direct Chic

Some public universities say they're stretched too thin because of Illinois' ongoing budget crisis. Southern Illinois University has struggled to negotiate contracts with two employees' unions.