Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) new contract are colliding with financial reality as the ...

Newly-appointed interim schools chief Macquline King tells the Chicago Board of Education the budget shortfall is $200 million greater than previously indicated.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Venus Lacy rumbles down Venus Lacy Parkway in a tan Suzuki Aerio with 264,770 miles on its odometer. In her rearview mirror is an 8-foot-tall sign outside Brainerd High featuring ...

Chicago Public Schools announced a second round of summer layoffs Friday, laying off 1,458 employees to adjust for enrollment and programming changes.

Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs of more than 1,400 district workers, including over 400 teachers, on Friday.

More than 1,450 staff were laid off Friday, but district officials say many will be rehired. However, a Chalkbeat analysis of ...

Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that it had laid off 161 workers and eliminated 209 vacant positions in an effort to fill a $734 million budget shortfall.

Brian Crowder, a former dean Little Village Lawndale High School was found guilty of sexual abuse and assault Wednesday.

At her first meeting Thursday as interim leader of Chicago Public Schools, Macquline King pegged the school district’s budget deficit at $730 million, hundreds of millions of dollars more than ...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates on Monday called again for Chicago Public Schools to borrow money to address a $529 million budget deficit.

The Chicago Teachers Union president suggested children belong to the city school system as it struggles with enrollment decline and spending up to $93,000 per student.