The Chicago neighborhoods that Therese Boyle, Miquel Lewis, Lanetta Thomas, and La’Mont Raymond Williams will represent include Washington Heights, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham.
The Chicago neighborhoods that either Angel Gutierrez or Felix Ponce will represent stretch from the South Loop to McKinley Park, and Back of the Yards.
The Chicago Board of Education is responsible for the education of about 323,000 students. But they’re enrolled unevenly across the 10 new school board districts.
Perceptions can be a big factor for families deciding on where to send their kids. But the facts can tell a different story.
Students were assessed based on test scores, grades, school rankings, and their neighborhood’s socioeconomics in the CPS high school enrollment process.
Theater program run by TimeLine Theatre aims to connect Chicago Public Schools’ students to history and current events.
Four parents share the challenges and possibilities of these “mini-school boards” that Chicago has had for 35 years.
Comfort Agboola, a middle school teacher at Poe Classical Elementary School, is the only Illinois teacher and first CPS teacher since 2010 to be given the Milken Educator Award.
Of Chicago’s 42 "exemplary" schools, five are majority-Black. Chalkbeat visited two to find out what sets them apart.
Chalkbeat followed students and their parents through the high school application process in Chicago.