Chicago Air & Water Show
A weekend with a chance of rain didn't stop the Blue Angels from flying over Chicago for the annual Air & Water Show.
News & Issues
Lewis might beat Emanuel: Tribune poll
Could Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis give Mayor Rahm Emanuel a significant challenge—or even win?
On the killing of Michael Brown
The killing of an 18-year-old by a police officer in Missouri has touched off protests and a show of military-like force by area police squads.
Liquor & prostitution help fund some Nev. schools
In Nevada, some things are legal that you can't do in other states. One school district has capitalized on that to raise some money.
Start school on a locally determined date
We give what I hope will be our final opinion about making it a law that schools in Maryland have to start after Labor Day.
Blogger urges: Burn & mutilate the Common Core
Should we fix the Common Core or just dump it? Here's another one of our point-counterpoint articles, this time with Laura Chapman.
More holes in the greatest VAM story ever told
A meta-analysis out of Teachers College pokes holes in a highly touted study on value-added models used for teacher evaluation.
Remarks by Lillian Lowery at North Hagerstown HS
Md. State Supt. of Schools Lillian Lowery delivered remarks about teacher evaluation at a new teacher academy on Monday.
Baltimore seeks to prepare H S grads for college
Preparing students for college is not the same thing as graduating them from high school anymore. Tuition payments and debt mount.
Will CTU Prez Karen Lewis run for mayor of Chicago?
During the Chicago teachers' strike two years ago, Karen Lewis emerged as a possible challenger for Rahm Emanuel.