Chicago Public Schools

Mayor Rahm Emanuel did not back down from an initiative he says rewards Chicago Public Schools students.

Trade program enrollment was low, and students weren't earning certification, parents told in letter.  

Janice Jackson will succeed Harrison Peters in overseeing Hyde Park schools, CPS said.

New physical education and arts teachers are being hired with $21.5 million in tax increment financing.

But the fire union president said a compromise could be reached before the upcoming firefighter exam.

Eileen O'Connor's take on life as an adult orphan and modern mom is both morbid and somehow hilarious.

Parents at the Edgebrook school worked for years to convince city officials to build an annex.

The Payton College Prep addition, scheduled to be completed by 2014, passed unanimously.

Although the number of minorities increased at the 10 schools, there was a drop at the four top schools.

A grant from KaBoom! will pay for the 2,500-square-foot playground at the Portage Park school.

The Andersonville school wants CPS to provide more money so it can increase its enrollment.

Roosevelt H.S. students assessed the hood's overall health, and proposed solutions to problems.

CPS rejected the choice of Ald. Patrick O'Connor's sister to replace the retiring Sandra  Carlson.  

CPS says the layoffs are due to "enrollment declines," claims fewest end-of-year teacher cuts in years.

Ald. Will Burns dismissed it as "political theater," insisting he wants to keep Dyett High School open.