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Chemistry director Ravi Swamy, of Aqua Pro-Tech Laboratories, tests drinking water samples at the facility March 25, 2016, in Fairfield, N.J. Responding to the crisis in Flint, Mich., school officials across the country are testing for lead in the water flowing from classroom sinks and cafeteria faucets.

Chicago to start testing water in some schools for toxic lead

May 22, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Shortly after Chicago Public Schools disclosed the district has not tested water fountains for lead contamination, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the nation's third-largest school system will begin checking water in...

Eddie Bolden, right, laughs with his son, Dominique Bolden, after his graduation from Goshen College on April 24, 2016, in Goshen, Ind. A Cook County judge threw out Eddie Bolden's murder convictions in the fatal shootings of two men in a 1994 drug deal gone bad, and Bolden was released from prison last week after 22 years behind bars.

Freed from prison after sentence thrown out, man attends son’s graduation

May 22, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

It was a traditional college graduation ceremony, where women in spring dresses fanned themselves with commencement programs and the college band played "Pomp and Circumstance." Parents cheered for their babies,...

Lead testing misses likely problem areas

June 11, 2018 at 4:44 a.m.

More lead poisoning coverage City fails to warn Chicagoans about lead risks in tap water Federal housing policy leaves poor kids at risk of lead poisoning Find your neighborhood: Lead...

A construction crew replaces old water main and lead pipes with updated water main and copper pipes in the 113 block of South Yale on Feb. 23, 2016.

Chicago often tests water for lead in homes where risk is low

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

When Chicago officials tested household tap water for lead last year, they largely bypassed parts of the city that face greater risks of exposure to the brain-damaging metal, a Tribune...

Chicago school choice in charts

June 12, 2018 at 3:15 a.m.

Every school-age child in Chicago lives within a designated school attendance boundary. Their families, however, don't have to send their child to that school. For the 2015-16 school year, about...

Students at Kelly High School in Chicago walk through the halls at the school on Nov. 20, 2015. The school is facing stiff enrollment competition from nearby charter and open enrollment schools.

Chicago’s neighborhood schools hurting as choice abounds

June 12, 2018 at 3:07 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools students who attend their assigned neighborhood schools are the minority now, as more than half of the district's students choose charter, magnet and other options. The popularity...

Fifth-grade students Lily Rubin, from left, Chase Rosenbloom, Juliet Simon, and Drew Spiegel, discuss the presidential debates with their teacher, Heather Chalfin, left, at Walden Elementary School in Deerfield on Dec. 9, 2015.

Students struggle with PARCC test, even at elite schools, results show

June 17, 2018 at 4:26 a.m.

State test scores took a nosedive as students struggled to pass the first PARCC exams last school year, with some of Illinois' most elite schools seeing a sharp drop in...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool, center, talks to Tre'Sean Curry, 10, right, and other students in a coding class Dec. 9, 2015, at Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy in Chicago.

Thousands of Illinois students skipped standardized test last year

June 16, 2018 at 10:18 a.m.

Tens of thousands of Illinois students — the most in recent history — sat out the state's standardized exams during the last school year as resistance to testing gained momentum...

IPRA data of Chicago police officer-involved shootings

December 23, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

The city of Chicago in 2007 created the Independent Police Review Authority, a civilian agency responsible for investigating police shootings and other serious allegations of misconduct. Since then, the agency...

Green silhouettes of children are displayed on the glass windows at the Chicago Public Schools headquarters in April 2015 on West Madison Street.

CPS reverses course on special education cuts, will spend more

June 16, 2018 at 10:44 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Wednesday it will add dozens of teacher and aide positions for students with special needs, a reversal from previously announced cuts to special education. Some district-operated...

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