CPS lays off 161 employees, cuts 209 vacant positions Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday announced more than 160 layoffs, and the elimination of more than 200 vacant positions, mostly ...

The interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools said the district's budget deficit is $734 million, more than $200 million more than previously reported.

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.

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.

A resolution approved Thursday directs the school district to look for energy efficient ways to make needed repairs. The board unanimously approved the proposal.

Chicago Public Schools has announced layoffs for Central Office and Network Offices, CTU and SEIU Local 73 employees, mainly crossing guards.

A former Chicago Public Schools administrator has been found guilty of sexually abusing a former student.

Chicago Public Schools’ crossing guard staff were cut by 15% Friday as the district announced sweeping layoffs in an effort to fill a projected $734 million budget shortfall.

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Stacy Davis Gates said that children belong to them while delivering a speech at the City Club of Chicago.

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 ...

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