At the start of her son’s first grade year at Chicago’s Hope Learning Academy last fall, Dequisha Johnson felt that her prayers had been answered. Johnson, 29, had been preparing him for preschool ...

Each day, as students at Hope Learning Academy Chicago file into their classrooms, sharpen their pencils and begin to engage with teachers and peers, they’re taking part in something special. In this ...

Educators at the Hope Learning Academy Chicago on the city's Near West Side had a brief moment to celebrate their union victory with the Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday — but the reality of their ...

Parents and teachers begged the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday to keep their school intact after a school operator abruptly announced they were closing it. Hope Institute Learning Academy ...