The number of students in Chicago Public Schools continues its decadelong slide
Preliminary data shows the school district is down to 321,000 students this year. Chicago has lost about 82,000 students over the past decade.
Preliminary data shows the school district is down to 321,000 students this year. Chicago has lost about 82,000 students over the past decade.
The northwest suburban school board voted narrowly Tuesday to keep the books. Book bans nationally often target books with LGBTQ content.
In the U.S., hundreds of kids are suspended or expelled each day. A University of Illinois Chicago professor explores what she calls a “crisis.”
Based on principles inspired by Martin Luther King, the effort at North Lawndale College Prep trains students to resist and prevent violence.
As sales of legal marijuana and hemp products grow, so have the educational options — from botany to production to law — on campuses across Illinois.
The school has 65 refugee children enrolled. “The longer they stay in Chicago, they feel torn away from their country,” the principal said.
St. Nicholas Cathedral school has accepted 75 refugee students.
The YWCA Breedlove program helps Black women with education and funding to maintain successful businesses.
The district’s Aug. 22 launch marked the earliest in decades. First day attendance is considered important for setting the tone for the year.
It’s the only program in Illinois where women who are incarcerated can earn a bachelor’s degree and among a small number of programs nationwide.