Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
Some CPS teachers claim REACH evaluation system disproportionately targets Black educators
Critics point to the evaluation system as cause for a decline in the number of Black teachers in Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Teachers Union got last-second funding from the Biden EPA
Just days before then-President-elect Donald Trump was set to take office, President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency wired $100,000 to an arm of the Chicago Teachers Union to train public ...
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Chicago’s school board debates high-stakes budget amendment ahead of vote
The Chicago Board of Education is poised to vote on an amendment to the district’s 2024-25 budget that accounts for $139 ...
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Chicago’s fight over school staff pensions: 4 big things you need to know
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration keeps pushing Chicago Public Schools to maintain payments to a pension fund for ...
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‘A Tsunami Coming From Washington’: Chicago, Illinois Leaders Respond to Education Department Layoffs
Officials from Chicago and Illinois are sounding the alarm as the U.S. Department of Education plans to lay off about half of ...
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Frustrated Parents At 2 Acero Charter Schools Closing This Year Weigh Options: ‘Our Hands Are Tied’
Parents and teachers at Paz, one of two Acero schools closing in June, said officials are not providing transfer options that ...
Education Department lays off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down
At least 50 staffers are impacted in Chicago, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part of a ...
Aldermen petition CPS CEO to make $175M pension payment, or risk unbalanced city budget
The funding feud between Chicago Public Schools and the mayor's office over a $175 million pension payment is heating up.
Chicago school board discusses $139M budget amendment for pensions, contracts
More questions than answers came out of Thursday's Chicago Board of Education hearing, the first of two to discuss how Chicago Public Schools plans to pay for several pending obligations.