Teaching girls to code to close the tech gender gap

Oct. 11, 2012
A charter school on the southwest side is teaching teens how to build their own websites and apps.

Critics say costly charter school discipline hurts families

Feb. 14, 2012
Some Chicago Public Schools students and parents are charging that one of the city's largest charter networks is making hundreds of thousands of dollars by fining students for minor misconduct.

CPS offers longer school day incentives to charters

Oct. 26, 2011
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is announcing a partnership he says will give the city's students more time in the classroom.Emanuel will make the announcement Thursday morning at a charter school on the city's South Side.A national group says Chicago's public schools have the shortest school day and one

Nearly 300,000 Chicago students head back to school

Sep. 6, 2011
About 300,000 Chicago kids head back to school today.Some are heading into completely new school buildings or programs.In just 10 months, a shiny metal-and-glass, super-modern school has emerged from vacant industrial land on the Southwest Side.  It’s an UNO charter school, where Juan Rangel is

Local school votes for charter takeover

Aug. 31, 2011
 Parents at a low-performing public school on Chicago’s Far South Side say they’re fed up with the their kids’ failing school and Tuesday night, they voted for a takeover.Two dozen parents and neighborhood residents sat in the Wendell Smith school library, quietly waiting for the revolutionary