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Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that 1,000 new free, full-day pre-kindergarten spots will be created by the fall of 2017 for low-income families. The move will bring the number of non-tuition full-day pre-K spots the city will offer to low-income...

Chris Roche and Brian Bean report on a harsh austerity budget for Chicago Public Schools and the protests against Mayor Rahm Emanuel that it has provoked. Chicago teachers, parents and students picket outside a Board of Education meeting (Bob Simpson...

$16.9 Million Facility Will Allow XS Tennis Programs to Reach More than 4,000 Chicago Youth CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Pat Dowell (3rd) launched construction today on the XS Tennis 150,918-square-foot world-class...

The Chicago Public Schools season is in high gear going into its third week, and the tension between the teachers and CPS may be just as high. Chicago teachers are entering the second year without a contract with CPS. As CPS CEO Forrest Claypool repeatedly...

– By Troy LaRaviere is principal of Blaine Elementary School and chair of the Administrators Alliance for Proven Policy and Legislation in Education.  Troy blogs at http://troylaraviere.net/author/troylaraviere/ On Monday, principals across the city...