Chicago Public Schools

thumb|upright|Children returning to class following a fire drill at a Chicago elementary school, 1973. Photo by [[John H. White (photojournalist)|John H. White.]] As Chicago was started as a trading outpost in the 1800s, it took several years for a citywide school system with adequate funding and instructional personnel to emerge. As early as 1848, during the first term of the 12th Mayor of Chicago, James Hutchinson Woodworth, the city's need for a public school system was recognized by the city...