Chicago Public Schools

A coalition of education advocacy groups gathered signatures protesting CPS' emphasis on testing.

Parents, teachers and activists crammed into an auditorium for the Southwest Side schools forum.

Brentano Elementary supporters hand-delivered a petition to try to save the Logan Square school.

Parents, teachers and activists filled a church gymnasium to talk about school closures.

CPS said Latin and African-American literature classes will still count as core credits at Jones Prep.  

Parents, activists planned to gather prior to start of CPS forum for Pershing Network schools.

Despite being half empty, West Side school could be in line for more resources and students.

Several hundred people screamed "No school closings!" and "Save our schools!" at a hearing Monday night.

Kevin Jones, 35, a CPS charter school coach, was ordered held on $500,000 bond during a dramatic hearing.

Uptown's alderman said he doesn't want neighborhood schools turning into charters.

Chicago Urban League forum showed that poverty often pushes young Chicagoans into lives of violence.

A new engineering-and-business program wants to inspire students to create their own careers one day.

Ella Dokic, 10, read an essay about the need for additional quality public schools at a CPS meeting.