Chicago Public Schools

The candidates all participated in a forum Friday night at the school at 9241 S. Leavitt St. in Beverly.

Rita Ortiz will step down after 11 years on the job, she announced in a letter Wednesday.

Three parents with students at the Keller Regional Gifted Center let their concerns be known Wednesday.

The second year of the Rook, Rattle & Roll program will provide $1,000 grants to 10 Chicago schools.

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Sandra Caudill is leaving Bell Elementary after six years as principal.

A last-minute tentative agreement reached Oct. 10 averted the second teachers strike in four years.

The $3.5 million proposal for a turf field landed on a list of planned capital improvements this year.

A key figure pleaded guilty Tuesday in Byrd-Bennett's corruption case. 

Keller parents worry their campus might still be seen as a way to relieve overcrowding elsewhere.

A Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman said the deal was "fair to both sides."

Ald. Matt O'Shea dropped his controversial school overhaul plan this week but said the issues remain.

The United Educators of UNO have set a strike date for Wednesday.

 Claypool has "earned the contempt" of parents and teachers, CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said.

Critics complained that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2017 budget proposal was light on funding specifics.