Emanuel announced a plan Tuesday to add 200 more spots a year to Jones College Prep -- one of Chicago Public Schools’ coveted selective enrollment schools.
The new governor is only a week into the job, but he used the state of the state address to make case for tax cuts. The guns issue didn’t make the final speech.
The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, the Education Department said in a study released Tuesday.
CPS says 137 of its schools are sitting half-empty. WBEZ went to see what it looks and feels like inside some of the district’s 'underutilized' buildings.