Chicago Public Schools

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

The teacher-led group was hoping to open in Bridgeport 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.

Classes started being held in the "badly needed" annex after students returned from winter break.

Ketesha Melendez is the new acting principal at Crispus Attucks Elementary in Bronzeville.

Voices of Youth in Chicago Education staged a protest at Chicago Public Schools headquarters.

Conflicting reports put Ketesha Melendez at a Bronzeville school or CPS office in Englewood-Gresham.

Wildwood Elementary School teacher Patricia Payne became a public school teacher like her father.

But students won't be punished for staying home, officials said.

The Booster Club was improperly allowed to pocket event receipts, the CPS inspector general also said.

The principals highlighted their schools' arts and honors program at a community meeting.

Jefferson Park's Rabb, a computer whiz, said prison helped him focus on the future.