“Four years ago I was locked in a brutal primary battle with Hillary Clinton. Now, she won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.” more ›

• Now your letters can be even more literary: Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks graces a stamp. [WBEZ] more ›

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have agreed to the appointment of a fact finding panel, the first of many steps that could lead to a strike by the teachers union later this year. more ›

Emanuel’s announcement still called for an extension of the school day. Acknowledging resistance to his plan to lengthen the school day, Emanuel gave up his 7.5-hour benchmark for the first time Tuesday. more ›

Two Chicago police officers were injured in a car crash, three women were beaten at a South Side Burger King, and other news. more ›

Polish and Italian civic leaders call Mayor Rahm Emanuel's decision to put kids in school for Columbus Day and Pulaski Day a “slap in the face.” Emanuel's response was “I want ’em in school so they know that [Casimir] Pulaski was recruited to come to America by Ben Franklin." more ›

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was interviewed by the Sun-Times Friday about the reforms he's championing for Chicago Public Schools. During the interview he had a plea for parents. more ›

Polish and Italian civic groups aren't happy with the loss of Columbus and Pulaski days as school holidays. One would think they'd be more concerned with the vague plan to make the school day better or the lack of discussion on lengthening the school year with the teacher's union and parents. more ›

It was a gorgeous day for the parade, which attracted an estimated 350,000 people. more ›

Chicago Public Schools released its 2012-13 calendar yesterday that school brass says will be beneficial for students but has teachers complaining of the possibility for burnout. more ›

Open City's new "Chicago Public School Tiers" app tries to make it easier for gifted students in disadvantaged homes to make it into the selective enrollment high school of his or her choice, and to ensure a more diverse student body in Chicago Public Schools' selective enrollment high schools. more ›

The Chicago Board of Education approved “turnarounds” for ten schools and the closure of another seven last night, despite opposition from parents, students, teachers and community activists across the city and a study calling into question the results. more ›

An estimated crowd of 500 people marched from Lake View High School to the Emanuel home on Hermitage, bearing signs and stickers that read "silenced" across their mouths. more ›

A white Chicago schoolteacher who was suspended for five days without pay for using a racial epithet in class—in what he called a "teachable moment"— has filed a lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools and his principal, alleging the suspension was a violation of his civil rights. more ›

On Friday, a group of parents, students and activists staged an indoor sit in and built an accompanying outdoor camp outside Brian Piccolo Elementary School in Humboldt Park to protest the school's scheduled “turnaround.” more ›

Parents held a 22-hour school sit-in in advance of a vote that could let go of teachers for poor student performance, a shooting at a nightclub left one dead, and other news. more ›

Chicago Public Schools teachers will finally be able to access YouTube now that CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard has decided to lift the longstanding ban. more ›

The Chicago Teachers Union held a sit-in at City Hall today to protest the mayor's plan to close a number of Chicago Public Schools. The groups are focused on lobbying for the schools in the mid-south region of the city. They say the closings are concentrated on the South Side, as they often are, as this map demonstrates. On the CTU website it states: more ›

Chicago Public Schools has decided to extend high school days by 36 minutes and eliminate the 14-minute homeroom to add 46 more minutes of instruction time. more ›

In light of new school closings, WBEZ and Catalyst Chicago compiled this fascinating map that shows where schools have been closed or turned around, how well the new facilities are performing and what has become of those old school buildings. more ›

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis looks, well, darker and thinner than in real life. more ›

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis held a news conference this morning to say she would not resign amidst criticism of a video that surfaced Monday where she mocked the lisp of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and talked candidly about her past marijuana use at a conference last month. more ›

This, and maybe this, is why your kid is fat. more ›

This is definitely turning into a jarring spectacle that has both the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools up in arms. more ›

It is likely that the finger-pointing will continue as the fate of Chicago public school students, teachers, and parents is put on hold until Lewis and Brizard can come to some sort of agreement. more ›

While math scores have improved “incrementally” in CPS grade schools, the study found racial gaps in both math and reading widened. more ›

"Sexual relations, during school hours, amongst pre-teens does not occur without the existence of negligent supervision,” the lawsuit states. more ›

U.S. Education Secretary (and former CPS head) Arne Duncan blew back into town this week with some interesting comments on the issues looming in the showdown between the teachers union and City. more ›

CTU President Karen Lewis said during a meeting about the school day extension a few weeks ago that she had a tense interaction with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. more ›

City Council's stand against the Chicago Teachers Union on the subject of a longer school day is seen by some as more than a token gesture intended to curry favor with the mayor. more ›