Joseph Ocol needs our help. Despite militant opposition from the Chicago Teachers Union, he is producing chess champions from one of Chicago’s most underprivileged communities. Joe is asking our ...

The Acero Schools charter network is closing seven of its 15 charter schools in the Chicago Public Schools district. Blame ...

The Chicago Teachers Union is required to provide an annual audit to members under its own internal rules. It hasn’t done so ...

Apprenticeships are a great alternative to a college degree, and there is high demand in Illinois. They can help the 177,000 ...

Lauren is a policy researcher at the Illinois Policy Institute. Before joining the policy team at IPI, Lauren worked as a business plan writer, a marketing consultant, and a teaching and research ...

Chicago Public Schools’ instructional and operational spending both reached all-time highs. Did the extra money improve ...

Chicago led Illinois for mass layoffs in September after Amazon announced it was closing its Goose Island fulfillment center.

Chicago Public Schools enrollment dropped 80,900 from the 2011-2012 school year to 2023-2024. But staffing increased by over ...