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Chicago is stepping up its preschool advertising. Will families return?

‘Adam should be alive today’: How Chicago teachers are talking about a 13-year-old’s killing

Student questions have underscored the weights they are already carrying: grief from a year of COVID-19 and uncertainties about their own futures.

Chicago will increase school budgets by $225 million as it pushes full-time fall schedule

Four things to know about the elected school board debate in Chicago

Jackson says goal is to reopen Chicago schools full time — but when?

Final high school vote caps long and disruptive reopening journey in Chicago

Union and district reach tentative agreement to reopen Chicago high schools after weeks of tense negotiations

Under pressure from pandemic, Chicago lays out changes to competitive high school admissions process

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Hybrid or elected school board? Lightfoot proposal stirs debate in Springfield

Will the pandemic reshape Chicago’s high-stress high school applications?

La recaudación de fondos por los padres facilita la reapertura en algunas escuelas en Chicago, pero deja a otras sin ningún apoyo

Teachers union calls on Chicago to delay high school reopening by a week, but district wants to stay course

In Chicago, parent fundraising eases reopening at some schools — and leaves others out

Bill to restore Chicago Teachers Union’s bargaining rights could become law soon

Chicago parents could have more time to file special education complaints

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Music instruction means teaching literacy, math, science, and history, this Chicago educator says

The COVID-19 outbreak is changing our daily reality

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Chicago says most of its teachers and staff should return to campus for 4th quarter

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Chicago asks its high schools to come up with alternatives to campus police

Chicago will no longer require SAT for high school graduation in pandemic year

Chicago Public Schools to invest $24 million in student trauma and mental health programs

1 in 4 Chicago elementary and middle students came for in-person learning

A 10-year-old student was picked up from school a few minutes late — so Chicago school reported his mom to authorities

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Chicago set a reopening target for high schools. Can it deliver?

Chicago sets April 19 target return date for high school students

Illinois schools could receive $5.2 billion — with $1.8 billion for Chicago — in latest federal stimulus effort

In class but onscreen: Chicago’s return to school buildings brings new tradeoffs

‘Too soon to tell’ about full-time fall schooling in Chicago, but students could start before Labor Day

New data show 1 in 3 Chicago teachers working from home as classrooms reopen

Data: How many students are returning to your Chicago school?

Chicago expects 55,000 more students in its biggest reopening test yet

How are Chicago’s students? What families said about learning in a tumultuous year

Amid reopening, Chicago moves ahead with school discipline overhaul