CHICAGO (CBS) -- For the first time in more than a decade, enrollment is up in Chicago Public Schools. More than 323,000 students are in class across the district. CPS said the enrollment figure reflects growth
Next year, the ISAT will be replaced by two new standardized tests – one to determine promotion in grades three, six, and eight; the other for enrollment in selective-enrollment schools. The planned boycott prompted Byrd-Bennett to send a letter to principals, saying she considers any teach...
That is one of the more unexpected findings of a Consortium on Chicago School Research study on technology use among CPS students, released today. The report found a “digital divide” among students in different types of schools, with–perhaps not surprisingly–students at selective enrollment high...
The budget proposal released today shows a new open-enrollment high school somewhere on the city's Near West Side. The new school was announced as part of $247 million in proposed building renovations and new construction. CPS is also planning a new building for Hancock High School, a select...