“In 1954, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that racial segregation ...

Outgoing CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said he underestimated how hard it would be to convince Mayor Brandon Johnson to release ...

A new report showed that declining enrollment in Chicago leaves about 150 of its schools half-empty. The report, authored by ChalkBeat and ProPublica, found that 47 schools are operating “at less than ...

A former west suburban teacher is facing 52 additional charges in connection with a sex abuse case, officials said.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board fired Martinez without cause after he refused to take out a $300 million loan to cover the cost of a new teachers’ contract — but he remained on the job ...

CEO Pedro Martinez said he doesn’t regret rebuking the mayor’s request that CPS take out a loan to cover a budget shortfall, ...

Each year, we ask schools in the east metro and western Wisconsin for names of their top graduates, however they define them.

The Choose to Change program, which launched in Chicago a decade ago, was designed for kids who are hard to engage. Today, the program goes into the city's public high schools and works with teenagers ...

Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell joined WBEZ to discuss what this means for the organization. Melba Lara is the longtime Chicago host of NPR’s All Things Considered on WBEZ. This interview ...

Emily Hayes with member station Illinois Public Media reports. EMILY HAYES, BYLINE: Greenup is a small town in Central Illinois. The township's public library is basically one large room.

Holzhauer’s students evidently loved her too, rallying to her defense in 2010 when former Murray principal Greg Mason sought to transition her to a part-time position in response to Chicago Public ...