
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 small alternative school on the South Side marked International Day of Peace by taking to the streets and pleading for an end to violence.
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.
Here are the tools Chicago Public Schools is using to help close the gap.
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.
A child care crisis is looming as American Rescue Plan funding ends Sept. 30.
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.
WBEZ visited a school CPS hopes can lead the way for other schools struggling with math as state elementary school test scores are released.
Through counseling and mentoring, the program in 65 Chicago schools is showing positive results.
Without the federal funds that saved the child care sector during the pandemic, the industry risks collapse, policy experts say.
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.