Education
CPS opens Monday with scaled back COVID-19 measures but unyielding vaccination rates
CPS is peeling back some COVID-19 protocols after the CDC relaxed guidelines. Vaccination rates remain below 45% on average for kids under 12.
Colleges ease COVID-19 restrictions as fall semester begins for millions of students
Requirements to test and mask and be vaccinated are becoming less common as colleges shift away from treating COVID-19 as an emergency.
Highland Park students seeking ‘some sort of normalcy’ as class resumes after mass shooting
Administrators are preparing for everyone — whether they’re still struggling or seem fine — and paying attention to both students and staff.
Enrollment in Chicago Public Schools could drop by as much as 15,000 students this fall
Researchers are predicting the drop but stress lower enrollment could benefit the remaining students by allowing CPS to spend more per child.
Goodbye to a GOAT
Our panel discusses the one and only Serena Williams, millennials on defense on TikTok, and ‘The Bear.’
With soaring inflation, Chicago parents are searching for back-to-school deals
To combat rising prices, the state sales tax on school materials — including clothing — has been reduced from 6.25% to 1.25% through Aug. 14.
CPS loses $30M in expected state funding
The state’s largest school district was surprisingly categorized Friday in the second tier of financial need — a move that comes with a corresponding drop in funding.
Big tech knows when your devices will die. Here’s how you can know, too.
A recent Washington Post analysis found most popular devices have a lifespan of about three to four years.
Once named Hero of the Year, a Chicago charter school head resigns
Tim King’s Urban Prep Academies are famous for graduating its Black male students, but finances have been shaky for years.