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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has promised to take on City Hall’s budget gap without raising taxes. But he’s taking a different tack with red ink at the school district he controls. Emanuel on Tuesday defended a $150 million property-tax hike proposed by Chicago Public Schools last week.

When Chicago closes low-performing schools, the district often faces fierce resistance from parents, who fight to save their children’s teachers and their neighborhood's institution.

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

One of America's most successful charter-school networks receives more government money than it has previously admitted — and it's also not as successful as it has stated, according to a new study.Researchers say that schools in the Knowledge Is Power Program have a much higher attrition rate than i

It’s been less than a month since Indiana Gov.

Time again for another edition of Cheat Sheet – your quick and dirty guide to Chicago’s monthly school board meetings.