Chicago school board approves measure to do away with ‘ranking' schools after 'longstanding structural racism'
CPS Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez unveiled on Wednesday a “renewed focus on equity" and moves away from ranking ...
The yellow school bus – once a symbol of integration – is becoming a relic of another era.
Before sunrise on school days, 7-year-old Laike Glesne used to lug his backpack from a Chicago public bus to a train and then ...
Our Chicago: November's School Board Election
CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the first time this November, Chicagoans will elect 10 members of a soon-to-be expanded school board.
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New efforts to combat anti-science rhetoric and encourage vaccines topic of Pitt panel
When Peter Hotez set off to create low-cost vaccines, he never expected to open his phone to see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling him the "OG Villain." ...
Whooping cough cases are soaring. Can infecting people help test a better vaccine?
This year's spike in cases marks a return to pre-pandemic levels of this infection, which is also called pertussis.
Students left behind as Chicago high school suffers from staffing issues, teacher absences: Report
A Chicago high school's staffing challenges are attributed to a teacher shortage within the district and compounded by issues ...
Chicago-area schools face wave of violent threats as new school year begins, leading to lockdowns and remote learning
Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the ...
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Black enrollment falls at Columbia, top schools after affirmative action ruling. Now what?
The share of newly admitted Black students dropped off significantly at the most selective schools, according to the ...
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Chicago teachers say they’re being pressured to pass migrant children despite failing grades, huge language barrier
Teachers in Chicago Public Schools claim to have been pressured into giving passing grades to migrant students.
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Chicago schools told teachers to give migrant students passing grades, ignore performance: report
Chicago public school officials told teachers to give migrant students a passing grade and move them to the next grade, even ...
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Dozens of Universities Are Embracing ‘Institutional Neutrality’ — Will the Policy Do Any Good?
As the anti-Israel student protests that roiled college campuses in the spring have started up again this fall, scores of ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson tells Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to resign, sources say
Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he ...