A top Chicago charter school has done great things for students, but won’t recognize strong teacher support for a union Chicago Math and Science Academy is a charter school on Chicago’s far north side ...

An initiative that blends intensive math tutoring with a group-counseling intervention to keep kids from getting involved in violent activity will soon be offered to up to 1,000 adolescent boys in a ...

Math may be the most universal of school subjects, but it’s also often the most universally disilked. But there’s nothing like a fake holiday to ramp up enthusiasm (see: Casimir Pulaski Day), and this ...

After school, in a classroom with lights off and the window shades drawn, kids on the Whitney Young math team sit in pairs. Their teacher flashes a problem on the ...

Adding math talk to story time at home is a winning equation for children’s math achievement, according to new research from the University of Chicago. Even children who used the app with their ...

A robotics team from Chicago Math and Science Academy will compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship for the first time at the end of April. New Release: Farm, merge, grow and expand your ...

Think your math skills are up to snuff? Try these word problems, geared for 7th to 9th graders (answers at end): 1) You plan a train trip from Chicago to Portland, Ore. The distance between the cities ...

In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves ...

Longtime educator José Torres has been selected as the interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools, where he has previously overseen a network of 25 schools in South Side communities, pending approval by ...