A Chicago school where six students were killed last year leads a march for peace
A small alternative school on the South Side marked International Day of Peace by taking to the streets and pleading for an end to violence.
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A bomb threat cleared a Highland Park elementary school Thursday morning
The threat was unfounded. It comes after a widely-seen post about the school on an X account that caters to a far-right and anti-LGBTQ+ audience.
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Chicago students’ math scores lag behind pre-pandemic levels
Here are the tools Chicago Public Schools is using to help close the gap.
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CPS enrollment stabilizes for first time in a decade
The district had lost students for 11 consecutive years and last year gave up its status as the nation’s third-largest public school system. CPS has lost more than 80,000 kids in that time.
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How the loss of a federal lifeline could change child care in Chicago
A child care crisis is looming as American Rescue Plan funding ends Sept. 30.
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‘A good place:’ Queer youth seek acceptance at state’s first foster home for LGBTQ+ teens
Nationally, about a third of foster care youth identify as LGBTQ+, and researchers say they are at significantly higher risk of experiencing homelessness and physical harm.
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CPS math scores still lag pre-pandemic levels, while English has recovered. Here’s a model CPS says can help.
WBEZ visited a school CPS hopes can lead the way for other schools struggling with math as state elementary school test scores are released.
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Girls are in a mental health crisis. This Chicago program could help.
Through counseling and mentoring, the program in 65 Chicago schools is showing positive results.
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Illinois child care centers face crisis with loss of federal dollars: ‘They’re setting us up for failure’
Without the federal funds that saved the child care sector during the pandemic, the industry risks collapse, policy experts say.
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CPS shortens high school admissions test but pauses plan that would have diversified selective schools
The online application GoCPS opened this week for 2024-25 enrollment, kicking off the annual scramble for K-9 students looking to get into the city’s test-in elementary and high schools.
