A decade has passed since Emanuel called for the closings of more American schools at one time than ever before. Chicago's Board of Education cast its historic votes 10 years ago this spring ...

And if Mayor Rahm Emanuel still didn’t get it, plenty of research sounded the same warning: School closings can really set kids back, academically and socially. In 2013, Chicago placed a five ...

A Lutheran school in Chicago's west suburbs is preparing to close its doors for the final time after over 150 years in ...

Editor's Note: Our latest story on school closings for Tuesday, which includes more than 100 closures, can be found here. Our original story continues below. More than a dozen Chicago-area schools ...

St. Alphonsus Liguori school in Prospect Heights is closing at the end of the school year, officials confirmed Monday.

In the fall of 2012, the fear of school closings was one of the main catalysts for the historic Chicago Teachers Union strike, which saw tens of thousands of teachers walk off the job. Despite ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Public Schools says it will close 53 schools and 61 buildings in an effort to close a $1 billion budget deficit. RELATED: Reasons Why CPS Is Closing Each School Here is ...

Despite Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s promise that mass school closings in 2013 would lead to a “brighter future,” Chicago students didn’t benefit academically and on average their performance ...

Winter weather has arrived in the Chicago area, prompting several area schools to close or delay start. Something missing? SUBMIT A NEW CLOSING HERE. Full forecast details and more at the WGN ...

Acero kids, like a lot of our kids in Chicago, come from homes with greater academic and emotional needs. Adding something as big as not just one school closing, but seven schools closing ...

No one can blame those families who left Chicago because they couldn’t find a school they liked following the closings. Mandi Swan was one of them. She and her husband eventually moved the ...

According to the Emergency Closing Center, as many as 13 Chicago-area schools had reported closures or switches to e-learning Tuesday. Those closures include Harvey District #152, Homewood ...