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But the report also points out that academic progress has stagnated.
The proposed rule will limit the duration of visas for international students to four years. Democratic attorneys general said it is illegal and will harm students, schools and the economy.
In 2022, Hope Chicago promised four classes of grads at five schools full scholarships, with hopes of doing it for a decade. The group is now offering scholarships to one more class, but wants to keep it going.
Motivated high schoolers can start taking college-level coursework on the Palatine community college’s campus staring in the the fall of 2026.
The union leader, 73, is remembered for his decades of teaching, advocacy and commitment to public education.
The student population was up slightly the last two years after an influx of migrant students. This year, it’s down about 9,000 students, continuing a trend of dropping enrollment.
The school district is reviewing whether it will maintain the magnet programs it intended to fund with a federal grant that the Trump administration says will be canceled.
The plan announced by the interim head of CPS is facing pushback. It would shift offices that oversee a cadre of schools so the boundaries overlap with school board voting districts.
Más de una docena de adolescentes de varias escuelas se reunieron en el centro de la ciudad para hablar sobre cómo las acciones de control migratorio y la posibilidad de tropas de la Guardia Nacional en Chicago afectan su salud mental.
Antioch’s Grass Lake School District fired a staff member for posting that she had “absolutely no empathy” for Kirk. Community members and conservative groups are rallying to demand the same for educators across the region.
More than a dozen teens from schools across the city gathered downtown to talk about how immigration enforcement actions and the possibility of National Guard troops in Chicago is affecting their mental health.
Chicago Public Schools stands by Black Student Success Plan in face of Trump administration's threat
The school district told the U.S. Department of Education it should be given more time and due process before a federal grant is withheld.
People have been detained near schools, and buildings have been placed on lockdown as the fatal shooting of Mexican immigrant Silverio Villegas Gonzalez is heightening fears.
WBEZ found CPS cut about 1,000 positions last spring. Then, weeks into this school year, it opened hundreds of new jobs. The district says this approach is helping to ensure that all schools get proper staffing.
An online database compiled by Turning Point USA, affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, identifies nearly 50 Illinois college instructors it labels “radical professors.”
Nerissa Lee is remember for having a personality that “a lot of teachers don’t have now,” as she managed to get students to focus on their work while also having the ability to laugh with students, a former student said.
The cuts, detailed in a letter from Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor, would total $5.8 million — about half a percent of the district’s nearly $10 billion budget.
Police say a man in a vehicle fired a rifle at two people in another car in the 6400 block of 16th Street in Berwyn about 4 p.m. Tuesday, killing them before turning the gun on himself. The incident occurred near Lincoln Middle School, but no students were hurt.
Parents were informed Friday that Epic Charter School is likely to close in June, and maybe before that. This could be the first-ever mid-year closure of a charter school.