International Baccalaureate

Byrne, Kinzie and Lavizzo elementary schools will offer International Baccalaureate classes next year.

Amundsen, Curie, Kennedy and South Shore high schools will offer the rigorous program in the fall.

Carolyn Epps wants local eighth-graders to consider the school when they ponder their future.

President Barack Obama's only surviving grandparent will meet with students on the Far Southwest Side.

DePaul College Prep has been authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate programme.

Ald. Matt O'Shea believed improvements at MPHS would change the perception of the neighborhood school.

The school is one of only seven Catholic elementaries in the U.S. to have the international program.

Carolyn Rownd will replace Taft High School Principal Mary Kay Cappitelli, who resigned Friday.

Principal Mary Kay Cappitelli's last day is Friday after two years in the top job at Taft.

Since Susan Lofton became principal in 2010, the Edgewater school has become a top-rated school for CPS.

The city will rent space from the Board of Education for its newest public library.

The far Northwest Side high school is slated to get all new science labs, lockers and windows.

Drama participation by teens nationally helps boost test scores, reduce dropout rates, advocates say.

Principal Carmen Mendoza is being asked to improve communications and increase parental involvement.