At Kenwood Academy, teachers and supporters picket on day two of the first Chicago Public Schools strike in a quarter century, after contract negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board broke down.

If putting together an issue on education taught us one thing, it's that we have much yet to learn.

For the leaders of the University of Chicago Charter School, being in charge means being in the thick of change.

Teaching African American students, a Chicago scholar says, means asking tough questions.