In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.
Chicago officials admitted they confused Secret Service agents who showed up at an elementary school to investigate a threat for ICE agents.
Many questions remain about what happened at Hamline Elementary when Chicago Public Schools mistook Secret Service agents for immigration enforcement.
Some moms and families of CPS students who lost their lives to gun violence are still waiting for arrests to be made. Others know suspects are in custody — but it does not make grieving any easier.
Fox News Digital on Saturday spoke with outraged protesters in Chicago, Illinois about the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan, calling it an "instrument of terror."
The new school accountability dashboards replace the district’s controversial number ratings for schools, which CPS had put on hold.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker face criticism for falsely claiming ICE agents attempted to conduct a raid at an elementary school.
The move to e-learning for some schools in the Chicago area comes after more than 100 schools across the city and the suburbs either closed or moved to online learning due to extreme cold, with wind chills as low as -30.
The immigration blitz was action long promised by President Donald Trump who made mass deportation central to his campaign.
Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union sent a letter reaffirming their commitment to being a sanctuary place for all students, parents, and employees.
More than a dozen Chicago-area schools have already announced closures or switches to e-learning for Tuesday as a cold weather advisory for much of Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana continues to grip the region.
The teachers union and pro-school choice super PACs spent big on direct mail, digital ads, and text messages in the lead up to Election Day, according to a Chalkbeat analysis.