After months of grave warnings by Chicago-area transit leaders, unions and commuters, the Illinois General Assembly passed a ...

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State cutbacks and state-frozen tuition rates led to the layoffs of 202 Ivy Tech Community College employees, President Sue ...

The last-minute budget push in Springfield could also bring a last-minute change to the way the Chicago Public Schools Board ...

Outgoing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez attended his last school board meeting Thursday night as board members consider renewals for some of the city's charter schools.

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

The Chicago Board of Education approved the new charter contracts after much delay, creating uncertainty for families. Board ...

Each of the 16 schools received short renewal terms of between two and four years, giving the publicly funded but privately ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Thursday marked the final Board of Education meeting for embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez ...

Filings for U.S. jobless aid jumped last week but American workers broadly remain secure in their jobs despite economic ...

The Chicago Board of Education is split over whether the interim schools’ chief should come from City Hall or the school ...

The recent leadership elections have revealed the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) bureaucracy’s deepening crisis of authority ...