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 ...

A case study of a mainly Latino neighborhood in Houston shows that when residents value a neighborhood as it is, they can ...

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.

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

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 ...

Chicago was once the fastest growing city in the world. Daniel breaks down the Chicago Map and how the mouth of a river ...

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

The Tavern on Rush steakhouse prepares to reopen in a new location on September 30, maintaining its historic legacy.

Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this way: Middle- and upper-income people start moving into a lower-income or poor ...