Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King rang in the start of the school year and stopped by several schools Monday morning.
It's a brand new day for the Gary, Ind. public school district, which had been under the control of the state for the past seven years.
Illinois lawmakers will decide the future of a popular, but controversial private school scholarship program.
In 14 years, the program has grown from serving 35 schools to 188. That includes more than 78,000 students across the city.
Hundreds of teachers in the Temecula Valley Unified School District continue to protest over the board's decision to block a curriculum that mentioned gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
"It's reducing all the work educators do to support students down to a single letter," one school official said.