When Chicago closed 47 schools, it directed kids towards better-performing "welcoming schools"—some with considerably higher ratings, some slightly better. Not all parents took them up on the offer, for a variety of reasons. Read more
Chip Englander was a Rauner campaign strategist and will now be campaign manager for Paul's likely 2016 presidential campaign. Here's what we know about him. Read more
What the city looked like at the peak of its population, but before the skyscraper boom that gave the City of Big Shoulders its immense height. Read more
