Chicago Public Schools

The federal education department told state education leaders they must certify within 10 days that their schools do not participate in practices the administration deems illegally promote DEI.

Local education leaders have underscored their commitment to the LGBTQ+ community, but some say officials must do more.

The tentative four-year contract would raise teacher pay, add prep time for elementary school teachers, and increase recess time for students.

The declaration from seven school board members means the city does not have enough support from the Board of Education to get the $175 million it is seeking from Chicago Public Schools.

A resolution passed by the Chicago Board of Education Thursday requires the next CPS CEO hold a superintendent’s license. The 21-member, partially-elected school board is tasked with hiring a new leader in the coming months.

School board President Sean Harden said the board will revisit the budget amendment after the district lands a tentative agreement with the CTU.

The U.S. Department of Education is opening a Title IX investigation after a complaint was filed by two conservative groups against Chicago, suburban Deerfield, and the Illinois State Board of Education

A five-page memo from Baker Tilly outlines the risk of cuts and possibilities of refinancing debt as the new partially-elected Chicago school board faces its first significant vote on its budget, labor contracts, and relationship with City Hall.

Ald. Jason Ervin and Chicago’s Chief Financial Officer urged school board members to approve a $175 million pension reimbursement and consider refinancing debt in order to foot the bill.

The Chicago Board of Education held the first of two public hearings on a budget amendment to cover costs of two employee contracts and a controversial city pension payment.

District officials told families Friday that Russian hackers stole information about more than 700,000 current and former Chicago Public Schools students.

The proposed amendment would increase the district’s budget by $139 million it received in Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, dollars from the city. But the money isn’t enough to pay for the cost of labor negotiations or a pension payment the city wants.

The district will enlist a consultant to conduct a national search for CPS CEO Pedro Martinez’ replacement.

The settlements include $2.7 million for the family of a boy who was beaten by an adult friend of his teacher in the bathroom of a West Side elementary school.

The school district will spend up to $25 million on a new version of the program, which was put on hold after a rocky two years last summer.

Administrators at Acero Schools’ Soto High School and Idar Elementary said they escorted two students into the building away from the incident. The federal agents did not enter the building, charter officials said. Federal immigration authorities confirmed the action Thursday.

Hundreds of families and teachers have been lobbying the school board to come up with a plan to save the seven Acero campuses.

A group opposed to race-based initiatives complained to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that the program unveiled this week is discriminatory.

Chicago Public Schools could face federal pushback to its plan to improve outcomes for its Black students.

Chicago schools unions fight over growing pool of staff for students with disabilities