State law now calls for Chicago Public Schools to be run by a CEO. Smith is pushing for CPS to be led by a superintendent.

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East Elementary School in Long Beach had faced potential closure amid a cost-saving consolidation -- a prospect that promoted ...

The vacant Joyce Kilmer Elementary is being razed, and a $35 million campus will be built to house the district's ...

Chicago school leaders say immigration agents showed up to an elementary school Friday in what may be the first of such actions since the Trump administration this week reversed federal policy related ...

Joyce Piven speaks at a 2003 Piven Theatre Workshop event as her son, Jeremy, and former student John Cusack listen. Piven was part of a 1950s theater movement at the University of Chicago that ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Joyce Piven - a legendary acting teacher - and mother of Jeremy Piven has died. She and her husband, Byrne, founded the Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston in the 70s. Jeremy Piven ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Joyce Piven, the co-founder of a celebrated acting school in Evanston and the mother of actor Jeremy Piven, has died. Jeremy Piven announced his mother's death in an Instagram ...

Joyce Piven, the co-founder of the Piven Theatre in Evanston and the mother of actor Jeremy Piven, died on Sunday at the age of 94, her son announced. Jeremy Piven posted the announcement with ...

After several years in New York, the Pivens returned to the Chicago area, where they started the workshop and Joyce Piven appeared often on Chicago stages. The style of teaching developed by Piven ...

(WLS) -- A north suburban Catholic elementary has announced it will soon ... efforts going on recently to keep the Catholic school open. After 61 years of operating and playing a critical role ...

MIDDLE TWP., N.J. -- A teacher in South Jersey is facing charges after she allegedly had a child with a student she's accused of sexually assaulting inside her home several years ago. Laura Caron ...