Elevator inspections on slow track in Chicago
May 7, 2009 There's a common saying around the downtown offices of Aileron Communications: Don't get on an elevator unless you've used the bathroom and have a cell phone. "All...
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Lifelong Chicago performer’s favorite role was family man
After receiving a heart valve replacement from a cow, Darwin Apel used to joke that he could no longer eat beef: It simply wouldn't be right. That it was only...
Online learning attempts to make the grade in Chicago schools
Clinton Parker, a senior at Julian High School, worked quietly at his computer in August as the clicks of mice from more than a dozen students punctured the air of...
Chicago Public Schools to restore non-varsity sports
Cuts made in the spring to non-varsity sports at Chicago Public Schools will be revoked, according to CPS officials. The district originally eliminated all sophomore sports to help close a...
Huberman gets authority to lay off teachers, boost class sizes
The Chicago Board of Education on Tuesday granted schools chief Ron Huberman authority to lay off teachers and increase class sizes, a procedural move that was met with fierce resistance...
Illinois lawmakers mull school vouchers for Chicago Public Schools
Price Elementary School was not Quintella Johnson's first choice for her daughter. She wanted Kerisma to attend a nearby charter school, but a long wait list forced her to enroll...
His pen is mightier than his peers’
Technology has not been kind to the art of penmanship. But seated in a second-grade classroom at Hibbard Elementary School in Chicago, fashioning a butterfly from peach-colored paper towels, is...
Top CPS official to lead Michigan City schools
A top leader of the Chicago Public Schools announced Tuesday that she will leave her post to become superintendent of the Michigan City, Ind., public schools, a system with a...
Schools improve ties with police
In the seven months since Fenger High School honors student Derrion Albert was beaten to death after school, police and school officials have refocused efforts to keep a closer watch...
Youths bury feud, officials refocus on safety, helping a school heal after a deadly beating
Fenger High School Principal Elizabeth Dozier had lost students to violence before. But on Sept. 24, just a month into a new year at a new school, the young principal...