Chicago Public Schools

The volunteer-led "Birds In My Neighborhood" program introduces Chicago kids to nature and birds.

Is your school's mascot one of the most common in Chicago?

Former Minnesota and Northwestern players will host a free football skills camp for CPS students.

Hundreds of more schools still need to be tested for lead.

Spring break for CPS kids starts April 18.

"It will be dangerously cold for children to be going to and from school," officials said.

Teachers: New grading system allows students to pass despite missing huge chunks of the school year.

Academic Centers for seventh- and eighth-graders required higher scores than ever to get in.

Keiana Barrett was criticized by sitting Ald. Natashia Holmes for only recently moving into the ward.

Bennett's younger sibling, Rhona, is a member of the legendary vocal group En Vogue.

Turner Drew Language Academy teacher Lewis Himes Jr., 41, ordered held on $250,000 bond Wednesday.

The Tigers weren't afraid to recruit players with little or no prior baseball experience.

CPS officials caught wind of a protest — and cops shut it down before it even started.

DNAinfo.com Chicago's comprehensive coverage of the battle to stop CPS from closing the Old Town school.

Charles Latimore, who was also arrested on gun charges, told a judge that he works at Tilden High School.