For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them.

CPS is ending all of its private custodial contracts, citing a budget crunch and a desire for more “streamlined” custodial services.

Illinois lawmakers want to figure out how to close Chicago’s budget gap. However, they did not make any commitments on what aid they would provide to the district and when.

District officials haven't said when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs could be looming as CPS works to close a $734 million deficit.

A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars the children of undocumented immigrants. It’s a dramatic change from longstanding practice.

The survey of about 2,700 respondents also found that people want the next schools chief to be a good communicator.

The Education Department is holding back funding previously approved by Congress for teacher training, English learners, migrant education, and after-school programming. Advocates worry the Trump admi...

Chicago has been slow to provide many schools with what they need to serve English learners. The result: Students are left waiting for an education they’re legally entitled to, and teachers feel unpre...

The school board is considering five candidates to take over as interim Chicago Public Schools CEO from Pedro Martinez, who will soon leave the district. Board members must pick the interim schools ch...

Some students with disabilities in NYC public schools are serving longer suspensions — sometimes by several weeks — than legally allowed, a problem that disproportionately affects Black students.

In an internal presentation, district officials outlined potential layoffs as a way to close the budget gap.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 9 to 2 to offer Martinez the state’s top job overseeing schools. His selection now goes to the state’s secretary of education.

The Chicago Board of Education also voted to create a plan to turn the five Acero schools into district-run programs.

Top officials have been pushing for years to shutter P.S. 25, NYC’s smallest school with just 53 students. On Wednesday, education officials voted to close it.

Two students were escorted into the Acero Schools campus in Gage Park during morning dropoff amid federal immigration enforcement action, school officials told families Wednesday. Federal officials di...

The vote will come after months of uncertainty for hundreds of students and teachers who had pressed the district to save all seven Acero schools slated for closure.

The lawsuit was filed a week after raids on apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora caused fear among students and families.

The Trump administration canceled dozens of contracts held by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The president is looking to significantly scale back the size and work of the Educat...

Martinez was fired without cause from CPS and given six months notice after months of growing tension with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Martinez was fired without cause from CPS and given six months notice after months of growing tension with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

If Mayor Brandon Johnson refuses to appear as requested, it could open a new front in the ongoing battle with the GOP-controlled U.S House and the Trump administration, which is attempting to strip se...

Chou is leaving the role of CPS chief of safety and security after 14 years on the job. She led the department through school closings, waves of youth violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the removal of police from schools.

In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.

In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communitie...

President Donald Trump is using executive orders to roll back rights for immigrants. Here is what to know about Illinois’ and Chicago’s immigration policies and how they relate to schools.