Chicago Public Schools

The Chicago Teachers Union announced a mobilization effort against a plan to reopen the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for in-person learning.

The CEO of Chicago Public Schools said union pressure led half of all teachers who were ordered to return to work Monday not to show up.

The Chicago Teachers Union deleted its tweet that stated, “The push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.”

The inspector general’s office of Chicago Public Schools opened 458 cases in 2019 that involved sexual misconduct of staff against students.

Board members of Chicago’s Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 voted to grant transgender students unrestricted locker room access.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is working to elevate her status as one of the most outspoken pro-union presidential candidates and is expected to join teachers in Chicago on Tuesday as part of their ongoing strike, visiting a South Austin elementary school and “picketing with teachers and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten,” according to local reports.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) followed through on their earlier threats and went on strike on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of all classes for the 361,000 K-12 students who attend Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

Chicago teachers began a planned strike Thursday morning after many unsuccessful attempts to reach a deal regarding contract negotiations. 

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) did not respond to inquiries regarding an investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) system to protect children from sexual violence, says the former federal prosecutor who led the study.

Chicago Public Schools is in the process of building a $70 million public school campus on more than 38,000 unmarked graves.

The Chicago Republican Party plans to file a lawsuit against the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) over its decision to organize students to participate in Wednesday’s student walkouts that promoted gun control.

With Washington, DC’s school system now under federal investigation for alleged fraud in granting high school diplomas, some education experts are concluding the longstanding claim the district is a national model for “education reforms” is nothing more than “a lie.”

A Chicago teen was attacked by her classmates at school for reportedly “liking” a social media post of a classmate’s boyfriend.

Chicago Public Schools employees reportedly stole thousands of dollars in school-funded gift cards meant to be used as incentives for special needs students, according to a report from the school district’s inspector general.

Chicago Public Schools will soon require students graduating from high school to show proof of what they plan to do after graduation.

As Orange County, Ca. was making its final bankruptcy bond payment to end its 23-year bankruptcy reorganization; Illinois, Connecticut, and Maine went into default shut-downs after failing to pass state budgets before the start of their July 1st fiscal years.

Federal prosecutors have recommended a 7.5-year jail sentence for former Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in 2015.

Schools around the country have decided to take a stand against President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

Led by an activist, left-wing teacher, high school students at Chicago’s Roosevelt public high school recently engaged in a boycott aimed at changing the way school lunches are made and delivered to kids in the Chicago public school system.

Last week, a former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO was indicted on charges that she took bribes while steering up to $23 million in no-bid contracts to a consulting firm she once worked for, and some wonder if Emanuel’s office had a hand in that scandal. But the mayor’s office is blocking the release of records that could shed light on that relationship.

It was reported on Thursday that former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett intends to plead guilty to charges that she took bribes while steering up to $23 million in no-bid contracts to a consulting firm she worked for prior to taking over as head of the CPS.

Administrators of the Chicago Public Schools were forced to lower the last four years’ graduation rates after admitting they inflated the passing rates and fudged the number of dropouts. The schools’ Inspector General had raised the alarm over the falsified stats early this year, but the district took no action until October. That was five months after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won re-election, in part, because he used the false statistics as a campaign issue.

As the Chicago Public School District’s budget continues to crash, officials have announced the next round of layoffs, with over 450 employees getting the axe in schools across the city.