In a mass vote Wednesday, the Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously to close the Andersonville elementary school. Students will have the option to attend McPherson, Chappell or McCutcheon schools.
In what could be the largest mass school closings in history, the Chicago Board of Education will vote to keep or close one local elementary Wednesday.
Workers broke ground Monday for the addition and renovations to Bell Elementary School at 3730 N. Oakley.
At one Lincoln Square school, each student read an average of 91,000 words over 30 days.
The magazine's 2013 rankings came out Monday; see where other Chicago high schools ranked.
Budlong Elementary hosted the Hall of Fame goalie and Illinois representative for a hockey scrimmage and team-building session.
District officials say they won't save as much money as originally projected by closing neighborhood schools. Trumbull elementary's estimate was off by about $6 million.
The selective enrollment high schools were named the four best schools in the state. Nearby Lincoln Park and Lane Tech College Prep also made the top 20 in Illinois.
Ravenswood Community Childcare Center is hosting a concert with a Grammy-winning artist. Read how the center helped one teen parent.
School closings and a new budget system are causing principals to receive budgets later than usual, one administrator says.
At the first community meeting, parents and teachers spoke against the closing of the Andersonville elementary school.
According to Trumbull Elementary School parents and teachers, the data used to select the school for closure is inaccurate.
Students and teachers at Amundsen High School raised money to help pay for the funeral services of a fellow student, who died of leukemia.
Amundsen High School and Northeastern Illinois University started a partnership that will create a better learning environment, officials say.
St. Hilary School adopted a soldier serving overseas and have spent the last three months sending care packages and letters.
The Waters Elementary Ecology Department led a controlled burn of its prairie grass Saturday at the school.
The elementary school's ecology department will be setting its native gardens on fire to improve the planting season for the spring.
The annual Spring Forward fundraiser has raised nearly $130,000 in just five years and helps the school pay for things not in the budget.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS officials said a full-day kindergarten program will be in each CPS school in the fall.
The Catholic school has been in Lincoln Square for more than a century, making it one of the oldest in the city.
Charita Taylor, a special education class assistant at McPherson Elementary, is the school's employee of the month.
Amundsen orchestra students are partnering with Chicago musicians across the city and teaching elementary school kids how to play with a revamped program.
Representatives from Trumbull Elementary praised the school's special education program, while speakers from other schools said the closures would pose a safety risk for students commuting through rough neighborhoods.
Swedish Covenant Hospital, in Lincoln Square, received more than 200 hand-made valentines from a nearby school on Thursday.
With two wrestlers in the top three at the city level, the Vikings are gunning for an underdog finish at the state sectionals.
Out of 129 schools named to a preliminary school closing list, none were from the Lincoln Square, Ravenswood, Roscoe Village and Northcenter areas.
Mary Warnicki of McPherson Elementary is the school's employee of the month.
For the first time in a decade, the Amundsen girls bowling team took the conference title. Now, they're looking to prove themselves at the North Side city finals.
As few as 15 or as many as 50 schools could be closed, the Chicago Tribune reports. Chicago Public Schools also released its 2013-2014 school calendar.
High schools along with high-performing schools are off the chopping block, according to an announcement from Chicago Public Schools on Friday.
With a 7-1 vote, the McPherson Local School Council renewed the principal's contract for four more years.
Admir Suljic led the Indians to a 58-43 victory Thursday at Amundsen High School.
Despite budget challenges, local schools are looking for ways to improve security by talking to teachers and administrators.
The Vikings are 3-2 in the conference with the hopes of improving in January.
Chicago Public Schools has launched an online survey to gather feedback from parents while creating the district's universal calendar for the 2013-2014 academic year. The initiative is part of the deal that ended the summer's teachers' un
The elementary school is looking for parents and community members to stop by on Tuesday and share their experiences with the principal.
The National Association of School Psychologists offered a range of suggestions for parents to use while helping children and teens cope with the Connecticut school shooting Friday.
Amundsen High School sophomores are teaming up with the American Theater Company for a six-week course on a play about the Columbine High School shooting.
Hundreds of people gathered at Horner Park Friday to ask a school closing committee to spare their schools.