New policy makes room for more students at selective enrollment high schools
by Wendell Hutson
Students at under performing public elementary schools will have an opportunity this fall to attend several selective enrollment schools, under a new policy.
Bond has been denied for two people who face murder and arson charges in a suburban Cicero apartment house blaze that left seven people dead on Valentine's Day.
Former CPS president picked for City Colleges board
by Wendell Hutson
The former president of the Chicago Board of Education has been tapped to chair the City Colleges of Chicago Board of Trustees, Mayor Richard M. Daley recently announced.
Community colleges see increase in spring enrollment
Defender Staff Report
Headcount and full-time enrollment at Illinois community colleges increased for Spring 2010 versus Spring 2009, according to the Illinois Community College Board.
Nearly four years after Willie Williams III was gunned down outside the Ford City Shopping Mall, Chicago Police issued a warrant for the arrest of Eddie B. Fenton.