CHICAGO (CBS)-- A Chicago Public Schools music teacher had been a finalist for the 2022 Music Educator GRAMMY Award, but a Texas educator and bandleader won the award. The Music Educator Award was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Kids motivated to code their own video games have developed one that got the attention of Chance the Rapper! The Grammy-winning South Side native announced Monday that the video game, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For 18 years at Bell Elementary School on Chicago's North Side, one teacher's impact went well beyond her classroom. And now, she will be forever missed. "The culture that she had ...

Whether it's modern hip hop, pop music or rhythm and blues, the history of Black music in America is rich. "Specifically, the blues, work songs, spirituals, early jazz, classic jazz, soul," said music ...

Reginald Spears attributes his success as a teacher to the fact it combines two things he showed an affinity for early in life: music, and helping others figure stuff out. That, and his mother pushing ...

In early March, real-life superhero Chance The Rapper announced an eye-popping $1 million donation to make up for a massive funding gap for Chicago Public Schools. He followed that up by donating ...

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Yo-Yo Ma joined students of several Chicago Public Schools and their CSO mentors in a program tackling the theme courage in its many forms. May 15, 2017 “Who are we?’” violist and Civic Orchestra ...

A talented group of students on the Southwest Side are learning about music by making it. It's the kind of story that might make you ask, Why didn't they teach music like that when I was in school?

Host Tony Sarabia is back, and we talk about the recent CPS layoffs and how they may effect the education system? And with National Health Care on the horizon, we are taking a look at preventive care ...