National education officials looking into CPS closings
National education officials are investigating how Chicago Public Schools has handled closing schools in recent years.
National education officials are investigating how Chicago Public Schools has handled closing schools in recent years.
A group of activists boarded a bus to Washington, D.C. Sunday to join protestors from other cities.
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.
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.
CPS has a new plan for evaluating principals, but didn’t give much information to those it affects.
WBEZ plotted annual school closings and schools “turned around” since the 2001-02 school year when CPS began shuttering schools as a reform strategy.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett says that list would still be far from final.
The district plans to hold at least 28 meetings across the city to get community feedback.
Maine West High School is under a cloud of investigation and questions around allegations of hazing on some of its sports teams. Ten years ago, another suburban Chicago high school saw a tradition take a turn for the worse—prompting many of the same questions.