Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the ...

Chicago Public Schools issued layoff notices to 1,458 staff due to enrollment changes, not the $734 million deficit.

Martinez is being targeted by the Chicago Teachers Union over his unwillingness to support high-interest loans to support teacher raises.

Ferguson says the report is a reality check for CPS' new hybrid-elected school board: 21 members will be sworn in on Wednesday.

An alternative school in the Back of the Yards community is using the protests after the shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri, to help students develop a passion for reading.

CPS will rename three elementary schools named for controversial figures including U.S. President James Monroe, Supreme Court Justice Melville Fuller and Christopher Columbus.

Chicago Public Schools is teetering on the brink of the financial abyss, one that threatens to unravel the recent progress families and educators have fought so hard to achieve.

The nation's fourth-largest school system is perched on a financial cliff, and will fall if something is not done soon, according to the Civic Federation.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's team wants the Chicago Public Schools to refinance debt to free up money for a pension payment to the city.

Covid money boosted Chicago’s schools. Now it’s gone, and the city is in crisis. Other school districts across the country may also face budget crunches soon as the last of the $190 billion in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The new hybrid Chicago Board of Education will be officially seated on Wednesday—amid heated contract talks between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union ...

Chicago eighth graders take the CPS selective enrollment test for a chance at a coveted high school place. Here’s what you need to know about this exam in order to prepare.