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All About Chicago

Welcome! This guide provides information and data resources about Chicago. Originally created by Araceli Moreno.

Education Resources

Chicago Board of Education
Responsible for the governance, organizational and financial oversight of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the USA
Chicago Public Schools
To provide a high quality public education for every child, in every neighborhood, that prepares each for success in college, career and civic life.
Common Core of Data
Department of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States.
Education Next
Provides current events information on school reform.

ERIC on EBSCOhost
Our EBSCOhost databases will be moving to a new user interface starting Monday, May 19th, 2025 with the exception of CINAHL which will transition on August 1st.
For additional information about searching and managing results, please visit the EBSCOhost Transition Center.
Please send additional queries or comments to: ask@uic.libanswers.com
ERIC is the world's largest education database. Published by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).

Illinois State Board of Education
A source that provides information and sources on education in Illinois.
School Attendance Boundary Information System
(SABINS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for school attendance areas, or school catchment areas, for selected areas in the United States for the 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years.

Last Updated: May 15, 2025 8:46 AM
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