Times, WBEZ and Chalkbeat asked every candidate for Chicago’s first elected school board a series of questions about their ...

As the U.S. population becomes increasingly urban, gentrification can seem inevitable. However, scholars have found that it’s ...

Plans for a new community center in the Washington Park neighborhood moved forward Wednesday with City Council approval.

Conflicts among residents over neighborhood reputation are an important factor in whether a neighborhood becomes gentrified ...

Common understandings of gentrification and urban development often frame these urban processes as natural, linear and even inevitable for low-income neighborhoods. The argument goes that once you see ...

The Chicago Board of Education has approved a plan that maps out Chicago Public Schools’ priorities for the next five years ...

Good jobs keep people off the streets and out of prisons, making communities safer and saving taxpayers huge amounts of money ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces two Chicago housing developments funded by new HED bonds, enhancing affordable housing in the ...

Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

The average age of a Chicago public school is 83 years and 70 schools have facilities built before 1900. It would cost $14.4 ...

An art walk and garden program in Beverly, Palos parade to shut down roads and more things happening in the south suburbs.

Chicago families have a lot of options when it comes to public education: magnet schools, language academies, public Montessori, gifted centers, STEM schools, International Baccalaureate programs, and ...