School, year-round schedule starts for some students

Aug. 8, 2011
Students at some Chicago Public Schools are heading back to class Monday.It's the first day of school for Track E students. Those are students who are on a year-round schedule. They have the same number of school days as those on a regular schedule, but the vacation days are spread out.

Already? Charter school students head back to class

Aug. 1, 2011
Children pushed new yellow pencils into sharpeners, and a few kindergartners shed tears after their parents left them Monday, the first day of school for more than 5,000 charter school students in Chicago.School officials used the early return to school at the charters to again call for a longer sch