Tara Malone

Teachers picket board meeting over denial of raises

May 16, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

On a day teachers picketed over being deprived of their contracted raises, theChicago Public Schools Board today approved contracts for the city's top two school administrators paying more than previously...

Some schools will serve free meals to all, thanks to new federal program

August 23, 2021 at 5:46 a.m.

Any school in Illinois where at least 40 percent of students are needy will be able to serve free meals to all children, regardless of family income, starting this fall...

More top high schools eliminate class rank

August 23, 2021 at 5:41 a.m.

About a half-dozen more Chicago-area high schools this week eliminated the traditional accounting of students by grade-point average in a move that has swept local high schools in recent years....

Quinn picks Chico to lead state education board

August 23, 2021 at 5:41 a.m.

Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday tapped former Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico to lead the Illinois State Board of Education, calling the former chairman of the city's public schools a...

Budget would cut $171 million from public schools

August 23, 2021 at 5:39 a.m.

The state budget plan now in Gov. Pat Quinn's hands would slash $171 million in public school funding, erasing financial support for everything from teacher and principal mentoring to state...

Parents and teachers struggle with how to discuss Osama bin Laden’s death

August 23, 2021 at 5:28 a.m.

Following street celebrations over Osama bin Laden's death, parents and teachers across the Chicago area grappled on Monday with a weighty question: how to explain to children when, or if,...

Brizard at the center of lawsuits stemming from his time in Rochester

August 23, 2021 at 5:23 a.m.

In three years as superintendent of the school district in Rochester, N.Y., Jean-Claude Brizard was targeted in at least two federal lawsuits, including an ongoing discrimination case, that hint at...

Illinois teachers, lawmakers draw up reforms

August 23, 2021 at 5:20 a.m.

Ambitious education reforms on the table in Springfield could change how Illinois schoolteachers earn tenure and hold onto their jobs amid tough financial times, with seniority for the first time...

Charges against 2 suspected members of crew linked to dozen slayings

August 23, 2021 at 1:17 p.m.

Charges were filed this morning against two surviving members of a murderous drug crew that may be responsible for more than a dozen slayings in Chicago, officials say. Augustin Toscano,...

James McAuliffe, 1935-2011

May 13, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Whether perfecting his corned beef recipe in the kitchen or chatting with diners in the bar, James McAuliffe treated his southwest suburban restaurant like his home and his patrons as...

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