CHICAGO DEFENDER — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools announced today that the district’s one-year dropout rate has reached an all-time low of 6.0 percent,...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) While millions of children (and teachers) welcome the call to go back to school in August and early September, all...
Tina Sfondeles, THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES CHICAGO (The Chicago Sun-Times) — The hunger strike continued Friday for a group protesting Dyett High School’s new destiny as...
By Wendell Hutson Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Crusader After initially saying its long-term plans were not to replace neighborhood schools with charter schools,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has announced plans to close at least 50 schools as a cost-cutting measure....