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The main revenue source for the 4% raise isn’t available until at least September. Meanwhile, the CPS board president says he and the interim CEO are working “feverishly” to deliver the raise sooner.
Davis Gates also said more needs to be done to persuade lawmakers in Springfield to provide CPS more money, arguing the state ...
The Chicago Teachers Union president declared during a Monday speech that children belong to the city school system as it ...
Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday announced more than 160 layoffs, and the elimination of more than 200 vacant ...
District officials say the number of special education teachers will likely increase, but there would be fewer classroom ...
The new figure, announced Thursday by the CEO, includes a $175 million pension payment that Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to ...
Charter school contracts can be renewed for up to 10 years, but the Chicago Teachers Union has been pressuring for as few as ...
Macquline King, the interim CEO of CPS, said the budget gap for the district has risen to $734 million due to costs related ...
Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this ...
The closures displace hundreds of students and nearly 100 educators, dissolve vital community institutions, and underscore the CTU’s role not as a defender of educators and students, but as an ...
The Chicago Public Schools board approved a new Chicago Teachers Union budget in April that added $1.5 billion in costs for the district over the next four years.
Chicago Public Schools’ crossing guard staff were cut by 15% Friday as the district announced sweeping layoffs in an effort ...