Azam Ahmed

Mayor Richard Daley called it "unacceptable" Friday for his nephew to contact Chicago Public Schools on behalf of a politically active neighbor who wanted to get his daughters into an...

Mayor Richard Daley denied Tuesday that his office had any role in an underground process to lobby on behalf of students applying to the city's best public schools, even though...

Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday turned to a former buildings commissioner to follow Michael Scott as Chicago Board of Education president, continuing his trend of dipping into a pool of...

Students displaced by the newest round of Chicago school closings won't be bounced to equally dismal schools, according to policies highlighted Tuesday as the district unveiled the next round of...

The number of outside applicants being offered a seat would drop at nearly every Chicago magnet school next year under new admissions criteria to be voted on Wednesday, according to...

High absence rates among students with disabilities in Chicago's public high schools are the largest factor explaining the difference in their academic performance when compared with non-disabled peers, according to...

GeRod Thomas went out of his way to avoid trouble, often staying inside when he was at his Bronzeville home. Yet violence found him on his front lawn Tuesday night...

1 child left behind -- now back in school School district finally fulfills court order and gets child proper plan and services Among the memorable Tribune Watchdog reports in recent...

Lucia Toscano-Escamilla did everything she could to keep her son Gamaliel Toscano away from the grip of gangs and violence. Since he was 10, the curly-haired boy nicknamed "Gama" attended...

Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that it will open enrollment at a Far South Side military academy for students who no longer want to attend Fenger High School after a...