Nov. 1 (UPI) --More than 10,000 books were banned in public schools nationwide during the 2023-2024 school year, marking a "dramatic" 200% increase over the previous year, PEN America said Friday.

Mayor Brandon Scott visited Pimlico Elementary School to celebrate Halloween. Mayor Scott handed out candy to a class of students and observed others, not wanting to disrupt their learning.

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media posts from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media posts from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, deemed antisemitic, ...

A 15-year-old student is facing charges for allegedly stabbing a classmate at a public high school in Fitchburg on Wednesday, the city’s mayor said. The stabbing was reported shortly before 2 p ...

The mayor had appointed Mitchell Johnson to the board’s top post. Mitchell Johnson’s abrupt departure follows weeks of tumult at the school board, which saw every member resign at once earlier ...

“Today, I asked Chicago School Board of Education (BOE) President Reverend Mitchell Johnson for his resignation, and he resigned, effective immediately,” Mayor Johnson said in a press release.

Brandon Johnson has been under intense scrutiny after the entire school board announced their resignations on Oct. 4. The previous board stepped down amid a dispute between the mayor and Chicago ...

The recently appointed head of Chicago’s school board resigned Thursday after reports from the Jewish Insider and Chicago Sun-Times exposed what some Chicago leaders called antisemitic and ...