CPS To Phase In P.E. At High Schools Again; Recess To Return For Grade Schools
As part of its plans for a longer school day at the Chicago Public Schools, physical education classes will be phased back in for all high school juniors and seniors.
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As part of its plans for a longer school day at the Chicago Public Schools, physical education classes will be phased back in for all high school juniors and seniors.
Chicago Public Schools officials are outlining the standards they will use when they decide which school principals and other will receive raises based on their job performance.
The Emanuel administration and the Chicago Teachers Union are calling a ceasefire in their continuing skirmishes over a longer school day for the Chicago Public Schools.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning his campaign for a longer school day up a notch, while some parents and teachers argue that A 7 ½-hour day is just too long.
Tuesday was report card pick-up day for some Chicago Public Schools and it could put some principals on the hot seat. Parents aren't only getting their child's progress report, they're also getting a print-out on how the school itself is doing.
Chicago Public Schools could be in for another round of closures and consolidations.
The Chicago Board of Education is looking to sweeten the deal for charter schools if they adopt a longer school day.
New details were emerging Tuesday about a hazing incident at Prosser Career Academy that left a 14-year-old football player with bruises.
Doctors at Children's Memorial Hospital and Chicago Public Schools officials said they support Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for legislation to use red light cameras to catch speeders near schools and parks.
A big cross-country meet for north side public school students Friday got off on the wrong foot.
A Southwest Side woman said her grandson, a special needs child, could have died. The boy was left on a school bus for hours and nobody noticed. As CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports, it happened earlier this month when it was unseasonably hot.
Chicago Public Schools officials say they have not received any response from the union for an invitation to a meeting on plans for a longer school day.
Unions representing support staff at the Chicago Public Schools are speaking out in support of teachers on the issue of a longer school day.
Two teenage sisters have been charged with battery and suspended from school after viciously beating a classmate in school last week, in an assault captured on cell phone video.
A question that is bedeviling Chicago police is how to assign officers at Chicago Public Schools – where are they needed most? Some cops are being pulled out of school buildings to focus on safety outside the schools.
The head of the Chicago Public Schools promised on Tuesday that the district would have zero tolerance, after two high school coaches were suspended in connection to a violent attack against a high school student.
A longtime Chicago Public Schools program that encouraged corporate involvement in schools has been cancelled this year.
Two Fenger High School coaches have been suspended as officials investigate whether they drove a group of students to the home of a peer who was attacked by the youths.
When it comes to the best Chicago public schools you don't have to test to get into, charter schools lead the pack, a new study says.
A South Side elementary school has been honored for having the highest attendance in the city.
Bad blood between City Hall and the Chicago Teachers Union showed no sign of getting any better on Wednesday as the mayor and the union traded shots again over the push to get teachers to voluntarily accept a longer school day.
One age doesn't fit all – that's what dozens of Chicago parents say about the Chicago Public Schools' rigid policy about starting kindergarten at age five and no later.
The school day is now longer for students at six Chicago Public elementary schools, and the pupils are taking it all in stride.
Chicago Public School teachers were speaking out for the first time on Tuesday about the difficult decision to vote for a longer school day. So far, teachers at 12 public schools have agreed to extend the school day by 90 minutes.
Chicago Public Schools administrators want your input on how to use the extra time that will be added to the school day starting next year.
Bedard has seven goals in his last six games and 13 this season.
Chicago police said the teen was shot and killed on Saturday afternoon after he got into an argument with someone near his home in the Roseland neighborhood.
Chicago police said the burglaries happened between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the 1600 block of East 55th Street on Tuesday.
Last week, the judge ordered hundreds of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Chicago area between mid-June and mid-October to be released on bond.
Chicago police said the three male suspects robbed a 15-year-old boy around 8 p.m. on Oct. 8 in Englewood.
The House on Tuesday passed a rare rebuke of U.S. Rep. Chuy García (D-IL) for quietly clearing the 2026 Democratic primary field so his own chief of staff would be the only Democrat on the ballot in next year's midterm elections.
The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the Southwest Side Tuesday night — after a key City Council committee voted down his tax plan for the 2026 city budget.
The Senate has approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act to compel the release of documents, after the House passed it 427 to 1.
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced her plans to run for Chicago mayor in 2027.
The measure compelling the Justice Department to release materials related to Jeffrey Epstein won congressional approval. In a sudden reversal, President Trump told lawmakers they should vote for it.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
Insurance companies are increasingly using drones and aerial surveillance to snap photos of home, then reviewed by AI, to inform underwriting. That can cause mistakes, like the one that affected a homeowner in Kane County, Illinois.
SHFT Behavioral Health is the first urgent care clinic in Chicago for young people in mental health crises — specializing in children as young as 10 and adults up to the age of 30.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
The Pink and Pearl Campaign held at Rush University Medical Center is designed to push a powerful message: that early detection for breast and lung cancer saves lives.
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that often strikes firefighters.
Three prominent Chicago hospitals are joining forces in the fight against breast cancer, through new clinical trials involving two drugs.
The former landlord of the now-long-shuttered Rainforest Café in River North is now facing a $9.3 million foreclosure lawsuit.
A new owner said Tuesday that he plans to reopen the venerable Gale Street Inn restaurant in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The popular Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago's East Lakeview community celebrated 45 years in business this weekend.
Chicago's Latino-owned breweries combine their culture with craft beer for a unique take. This Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS News Chicago visited a couple of them.
The Central Area Plan 2045 seeks to transform and invest in the downtown area.
This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show.
The Tony Award-winning favorite "Hamilton" is returning to Chicago for a limited engagement.
Sally Kirkland was best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie "Anna."
Major renovations at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre are expected to wrap by the fall of 2027, according to published reports.
Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny are among the artists with the most Grammy nominations this year.
High temperatures on Wednesday will hover in the mid-40s. Thursday through the weekend in the mid to lower 50s.
VISA said it blocked more than a billion dollars in scans in just a year.
The "SUB-CLADE K" strain is already blamed for a surge in flu cases in the U.K., Canada, and Japan.
For parents in Chicago, the average monthly childcare cost is 80% more than the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom home.
Robert Gunn Jr., 15, was shot and killed over the weekend. His cousin, Deliah Batley, 12, was also shot and killed in Calumet Heights back in February.
The parents said instead of being greeted and treated with empathy, they said they were ultimately sent out the door with a security escort.
A community is outraged after an attack on a mother and her two children outside an elementary school in the South Deering neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
Chicago police said the teen was shot and killed on Saturday afternoon after he got into an argument with someone near his home in the Roseland neighborhood.
A person of interest is in custody after a woman was set on fire while riding a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop on Monday night.
The House voted 427 to 1 to approve the Epstein Files Transparency Act and compel the release of documents. Follow live updates here.
A leaking roof didn't just damage a Homewood condo, it forced the owner out of his home. The HOA vowed to fix everything, but eight months later, the damage is still there and so is the frustration.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
A Chicago area couple logged into their retirement account only to find out it had been hacked, and a large chunk of their retirement savings was gone. The response from the online brokerage firm is only adding insult to injury.
The teacher detained by ICE agents at the Rayito del Sol daycare in North Center is believed to now be at the Broadview processing facility, and parents in the community now have serious safety concerns.
Lawyer Patrick Jaicomo said he expects a tidal wave of lawsuits nationwide against federal agents by U.S. citizens and non-citizens in communities impacted the most by federal agents over the last several months.
Bedard has seven goals in his last six games and 13 this season.
Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga will return to the team in 2026, after accepting a $22.205 million qualifying offer, but right fielder Kyle Tucker declined his qualifying offer, making him a free agent.
Hendricks finishes his major league career with a record of 105-91 with a 3.79 ERA.
Giddey and White each scored 12 points to help the Bulls take a 70-61 lead at halftime. Markkanen had 18 points to lead the Jazz.
Devin Duvernay's 56-yard kickoff return in the final minute for Chicago set up Cairo Santos for his fourth field goal of the game, a 48-yarder as time expired, to push the Bears past Minnesota 19-17 after the Vikings scored the go-ahead touchdown with 50 seconds left.
A serial attacker who punched women across the city of Chicago has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Chicago police shot and wounded a man they said was armed with a gun in the South Side's Washington Park neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Chicago police on Tuesday were investigating a burglary on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
A woman was shot at a bus stop in Chicago Lawn overnight.
A person was in custody Tuesday after a woman was set on fire while riding a CTA Blue Line in Chicago's Loop the night before.
