Barbara Byrd Bennett

The LSC urged lawmakers to cut the number of mandated tests and their ties to federal funding.

But Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Barbara Byrd-Bennett said they're still "scrubbing the data" for hard numbers.

CPS officials accepted five of the proposals but set conditions for their opening in the fall.

The Chicago Board of Education was set to vote on 17 proposed new charters.

The money will pay for 168 teachers, equally divided between art and physical education.

The City Council used an old trick to derail a demand to halt a Board of Education vote on charters.

Chicago Public Schools will again be closed Tuesday, CPS boss Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced.

Chicago Public Schools announced a new volunteer mentoring program for nonteaching employees.

The Board of Education voted to move CPS headquarters next year to 1 N. Dearborn St.

The high school must hire two new physical education teachers, but won't get more funding to do so.

Under the proposal, Frazier Prep would move to Herzl Elementary, and Urban Prep to Doolittle West.

The pilot 30-20-10 program requires students to be active for an hour each day.

Protestors accused CPS of fudging its numbers when it comes to claims that some schools are overcrowded.

A district spokeswoman insists CPS is committed to its five-year pledge not to shut more schools.