Tracy Swartz

Pierce Freelon performs on the Kidzapalooza stage at Lollapalooza, July 29, 2022, in Chicago.

Lollapalooza producers to pay $410,000 to clean up Grant Park after this year’s music festival

September 6, 2022 at 11:11 p.m.

The price tag for restoring Chicago's Grant Park after this year's four-day Lollapalooza festival totaled more than $400,000, a $120,000 hike from the year before. The $409,695 bill for 2022...

A sign outside Chicago's Kenwood Academy in 2021 reminds students of the mask requirement that was in place for the previous school year.

CPS dropped mask mandate without good-faith bargaining with Chicago Teachers Union: judge

October 3, 2022 at 6:27 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools did not bargain in good faith with the Chicago Teachers Union before dropping its universal mask requirement in March, an administrative law judge decided last week. This...

People walk away from the scene where four teenagers were shot outside La Michoacana ice cream shop in the 3600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue near Carl Schurz High School, Aug 24, 2022, in Chicago's Old Irving Park neighborhood. The school went on lockdown when the shooting happened "just prior to the school's dismissal bell," according to an emailed statement from Chicago Public Schools.

Nervous and somber, Schurz students go back to school Thursday as more details about shooting emerge

October 3, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

As the Carl Schurz High School students passed under the school's brown iron gates Thursday morning, community members greeted them with doughnuts and flowers outside the Northwest Side school, a...

Four people believed to be CPS students shot near Schurz High School on Northwest Side — one in serious condition, authorities say

October 3, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

Four people believed to be Chicago Public Schools students were shot near a Northwest Side high school Wednesday afternoon, Chicago police said. It happened outside an ice cream shop across...

Robert Lindblom Math and Science Academy students walk off a school bus for their first day of school on Aug. 22, 2022.

CPS promises to route 1,200 students without bus service and reduce long route times for hundreds more

October 3, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools students who have not received bus transportation — even though their education plans require the service — will be routed by Sept. 6, CEO Pedro Martinez said...

Parents say goodbye to their children at Locke Elementary School in the Montclare neighborhood on Aug. 22, 2022 as Chicago Public Schools students return to the classroom.

CPS students head back to class after a short summer as district aims for ‘recovery year’

March 6, 2024 at 11:31 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools students returned to classrooms Monday after a shorter-than-usual summer. The start date is one of the earliest in modern memory as the nation's third-largest school district embarks...

Lindblom Math and Science Academy students during their school walkout on Aug. 22, 2022.

Lindblom high school students walk out on the first day of school in protest of dismissal of longtime assistant principal

August 22, 2022 at 9:51 p.m.

As the new school year got underway Monday, a group of students walked out the doors of Chicago's Lindblom Math and Science Academy to protest the dismissal of longtime assistant...

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Lollapalooza producers to pay $410,000 to clean up Grant Park after this year’s music festival

CPS dropped mask mandate without good-faith bargaining with Chicago Teachers Union: judge

Nervous and somber, Schurz students go back to school Thursday as more details about shooting emerge

Four people believed to be CPS students shot near Schurz High School on Northwest Side — one in serious condition, authorities say

CPS promises to route 1,200 students without bus service and reduce long route times for hundreds more

CPS students head back to class after a short summer as district aims for ‘recovery year’

Lindblom high school students walk out on the first day of school in protest of dismissal of longtime assistant principal

Los alumnos de CPS regresan a clases tras un verano corto en un ‘año de recuperación’

After just 68 days of summer, Chicago Public Schools’ new year starts Monday. Here’s what you need to know.

Con Highland Park y Uvalde en mente, CPS presenta planes de seguridad