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CHICAGO — The Chicago School Board voted to make the interim CEO the permanent head of CPS. The board approved Macquline King’s contract Monday. They offered her the job last week and she accepted.

If you’re a Chicago parent, you’ve probably heard about the CPS lottery and selective enrollment process and maybe felt a little overwhelmed by it. Between deadlines, rankings and different types of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The search for the next CEO of Chicago Public Schools is now down to two finalists, after one of the candidates withdrew her name from consideration. Now, there are calls for the ...

Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly ...

PONTIAC (WXYZ) — In less than three years, children’s protective services in Oakland County was alerted eight times that two Pontiac boys were malnourished, being ...

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SAN ANTONIO — One CPS Energy customer who came to the east-side customer service center to pay her bill Thursday expressed frustration with the high bill that has followed the winter storm that socked ...

Cincinnati Public Schools faced criticism after canceling school for three days last week due to a record-breaking snowstorm. The district's complex transportation system and limited technology access ...