CPS school board set to debate a proposed budget amendment covering teacher and principal contracts, pension costs.

Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...

Thursday morning will be your first chance to share your thoughts on how Chicago Public Schools should balance its budget.

The funding feud between Chicago Public Schools and the mayor's office over a $175 million pension payment is heating up.

The parent leaders behind the fight to keep Acero schools open are in the process of launching a nonprofit, Parents for Education. “We’re going to start educating our people,” said Salgado. “We will ...

Officials from Chicago and Illinois are sounding the alarm as the U.S. Department of Education plans to lay off about half of ...

Michael Howard and his team have planted everything from arugula to collard greens on this two-acre former trucking operation ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Mount Greenwood, Wilmington, Frankfort, School District 230 and South Holland.

In its survey of unfilled positions, the state board found that Illinois had 1,877 more classroom teachers in the 2023-24 ...

Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.

Illinois Math and Science Academy senior Jordan Henry and Illinois State Rep. Anna Moeller worked together to draft the legislation. Both joined WGN’s Evening News at 6 p.m. Wednesday to further ...

Concern about the funds is growing now that staffing at the agency has been cut by nearly 50% — from 4,133 to 2,183.