Janice Jackson

The district is partnering with Equal Opportunity Schools to push more students into rigorous classes.

CPS said it saw lower attendance because of several reasons, including Cubs playoffs games last year.

Schools that lost more students than officials expected will not see their budgets cut.

Responding to a report, CPS officials say the law limits the focus on racial diversity at these schools.

Chicago students will no longer treated as "second-class citizens," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel touted the scores on Tuesday at Canty Elementary School in Dunning.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the new test score numbers at Mary Lyon Public School on Thursday.

National Teachers Academy would be converted to a high school under the plan, irking academy parents.

The tougher requirements are expected to be approved Wednesday by the Board of Education.

Though principals supported the merger, parents voiced their concerns at multiple meetings.

Chicago schools are in the midst of a massive budget crisis, and the union blames CEO Forrest Claypool.

The school under construction at 1601 S. Dearborn St. also is expanding its attendance boundaries. 

CPS would be the first school district to require students to have a plan in order to graduate.

The initiative expands a program that provides scholarships to kids of police officers and firefighters.

In some classrooms, as many as a third of the students have been absent from school due to fears.