New Chicago schools chief faces challenges despite major strides

Chicago Public Schools, one of the largest school systems in the country, is reporting academic improvement in spite of past troubles. Now city leaders are looking to new CEO Janice Jackson to keep things moving forward. Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of...
Unpacking Chicago’s Education Gains: Lessons for Scaling

Unpacking Chicago’s Education Gains: Lessons for Scaling

Amidst a lot of dreary education news, a quietly released study from last fall revealed a surprising bright spot: From 2009 to 2014, Chicago public school students, on average, learned more between third and eighth grade than did their peers across the United States....