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Local School Councils at several specialty elementary schools say they are facing budget cuts — a claim backed up by a WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis.

Black students bypass neighborhood schools for other options more than any other group. Two moms explain their different choices.

More than $5.8 billion of the $7.8 billion in federal funds awarded to Illinois schools since March 2020 has been spent. In Chicago, the school system faces a $391 million shortfall for the 2024-25 school year.

The low vaccination rate among that age group leaves an uncertain path for the remainder of a school year already disrupted by delta and omicron surges.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson to step down at end of school year By FOX 32 Digital Staff Published  CHICAGO - Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson announced Monday she will be resigning at the conclusion of the school year this July. In a letter to CPS families, Jackson detailed her "lifelong love for the district" and said in her final months at the helm she will focus on preparing schools for a full reopening in the fall. "CPS has been an integral part of my life first as...

Jackson recalled being in a CPS Head Start classroom as a child.