Protesters Disrupt Meeting, Call For Palos Trustee To Quit Over ‘Racist’ Comments
Activists want a Palos Township trustee to resign over her social media comments about Middle Eastern students in area schools.
Activists want a Palos Township trustee to resign over her social media comments about Middle Eastern students in area schools.
Township High School District 211 in the northwest suburbs is once again drawing legal action for its treatment of a transgender student.
The Palatine school district immediately rescinds health care for striking workers, crossing a new line in Illinois public labor relations.
For years, enrollment increases among Latino students had buffered the district from declines in African American students. Not anymore.
Some Chicago Public Schools drew only a handful of students back to school this week.
Latino students have surpassed blacks as largest group, but some say CPS has been slow to adapt to this new demographic reality.
After getting a free braiding, one freshman said she was ready to slay: “I feel like I’m the boss.”
From dropping student enrollment to a property tax hike, the new school year serves up big challenges for the Chicago Public Schools.
The program is controversial because every dollar donated to the scholarship programs is 75 cents less in tax revenue to the state.
Schools are preparing to open and Illinois lawmakers still haven’t approved a way to divvy up state money to school districts.