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EXCLUSIVE: The official announcement is expected Wednesday. And Brown School will be made a STEM school.

The schools included Darwin, Deneen, Disney II, Funston, Goudy, Penn, Smyth and Solomon.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the agreement "fair to taxpayers, to students and to teachers."

After a terrible 2015, Mayor Rahm Emanuel hasn't managed to turn things around yet.

An expansion could be funded through the city's new density bonus program, Ald. Burnett said. 

Thirty-four Chicago Public Schools have now tested positive for lead in their water.

So far eight south lakefront schools have been tested, with two showing high levels of lead.

The new schools that tested positive for lead were Chappell, Durkin Park, Gunsaulus and Wentworth.

Renee Blahuta told parents she accepted a position at the Kellogg Foundation, an education philanthropy.

Students forced doors to be closed at the Thompson Center and marched near City Hall.

CPS Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson admitted the district was at a "competitive disadvantage."

Chicago Public Schools will help more students become bilingual in English and Spanish.

CPS CEO Forrest Claypool lashed back that he was "shocked" the union was "surrendering to Gov. Rauner."

The mayor is outlining a plan for a new 1,200-student school in the rapidly growing neighborhood. 

Claypool said the testing was being expanded to all schools out of an "abundance of caution."