The plan includes several priorities meant to bolster communities with high-needs, including to improve academic achievement for Black students and reduce teacher vacancies.

Illinois School Counselor of the Year Marisa Mathews says collaboration is key in helping students post-pandemic

The Chicago Teachers Union and charter advocates are stepping up help for school board candidates

Removing Martinez at the start of a new school year would be destabilizing, the principals said. Their union didn’t back the letter.

Will Fletcher led Chicago Public Schools’ watchdog agency since 2020 and oversaw probes into pandemic-era aid, JROTC, and sexual misconduct.

The 2024-25 school year gets underway amid an extreme heat advisory and with more than 1,000 CPS students with disabilities waiting for bus rides.

Chicago charter parents and officials say they worry about the district’s upcoming strategic plan

With no clarity about how Chicago Public Schools will fund a new teachers contract, negotiations have not progressed significantly over the past few months.

As federal COVID relief runs out, Chicago Public Schools is cutting back funding for after-school programs.

Critics urge the district to push for more funding — and more spending — rather than cuts.