Late last week parents of Cassell School students were fuming over a last-minute change in the school start time – announced by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) just three weeks before the first day of

By Susan Dosemagen
Medill Reports - Chicago

By Emerald Morrow
Medill Reports - Chicago

Anti-war opponents attended a Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday morning to denounce current military recruitment policy in the city's public high schools.

Before the meeting, the American Friends Service Committee organized a rally that drew more than a dozen protesters carrying signs and pamphlets in the lobby of the board's downtown headquarters. They were decrying military recruiters' virtually unlimited access to Chicago Public School students.

By Allison Roeser
Medill Reports - Chicago

After the Pledge of Allegiance, two camps of the Illinois State Board of Education - Chicago and Springfield - convened via teleconference last Wednesday to discuss the deadlocked 2008 budget.

The state education budget for the 2008 fiscal year is still tentative, and State Superintendent of Education Dr. Christopher Koch and Chief Financial Officer Linda Mitchell said they have been spending a lot of time trying to resolve the issue.