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District officials haven't said when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs ...
Historically, few students could jump ahead, and most who did were from schools with few low-income students. CPS is trying ...
Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the ...
CTU officials are calling on the state to pay CPS $1.2 billion in what they believed is owed to them by Illinois and to call ...
The district’s proposed changes would allow a student who scores in the top 10% of their grade on state tests to be eligible to apply for skipping a grade or taking accelerated math and reading.
Jobs for young people have grown by 40% under Mayor Brandon Johnson, who pitched the program as a key anti-violence ...
Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) new contract are colliding with financial reality as the ...
Teachers Union’s ‘Climate Justice’ Goals Meet Fiscal Reality As Students Fail “Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago ...
Last Thursday, Earl Abernathy was stuck in traffic on Roosevelt near Ashland in Little Italy when he heard a noise. Heavy rainfall fell on Chicago’s West Side during a short amount of time Tuesday ...
A woman who was sexually abused by a teacher wants Illinois to strengthen its laws by prohibiting sex between teachers and students aged 18-to-22.
"Sometimes Black women and girls are expected to be superheroes at a very young age in a way that doesn't allow us to be ...
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