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CPS took out a building permit pegging the value of the work at $4 million.

The federal suit alleges the Board of Education fired the "whistleblower" for exposing problems at CPS.

Principal Derrick Orr said Chicago Public Schools forced his resignation and called it "very classless."

The district's dual language program helps students become fluent in both English and Spanish. 

Miranda Qiang loved Chicago's salsa scene and found the most authentic Chinese food in Lincoln Park.

The Rev. Blakey of the Jenner Ogden Community Steering Committee said the merger shows "moral courage."

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

Alliance Bakery is playing homage to Chance's "Coloring Book" and helping Chicago Public Schools.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday that the school year will finish as normal on June 20.

Lawyers arguing for CPS said the state is discriminating against the city's minority students.

Alison Nicole Ridgway called it "overwhelming" in sharing the honor with her students.

It is not a CPS priority to fix schools "for Latinos, for the poor," one Juarez mother said. 

CPS officials said the U. of C.'s Woodlawn Charter was never supposed to get air conditioners.

The Old Town school is also closing in on a larger $25,000 goal through a GoFundMe page.

"You want to capture the kids who are sneaking a listen to their iPods in the back of the room."