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Illinois students took the test known as the “nation’s report card” in spring 2024.
With the Trump administration stepping up immigration enforcement in Chicago, schools are on high alert and finding ways to help students navigate the situation.
The district is adding 18 campuses to its “Hub Stop” pilot program.
The district first set out to overhaul its approach to measuring school quality in 2019.
The teachers union and pro-school choice super PACs spent big on direct mail, digital ads, and text messages in the lead up to Election Day, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of campaign finance disclosures filed Jan. 15.
District officials initially said ICE officials were at the school. ICE denied its agents were at Hamline Elementary and later the U.S. Secret Service confirmed its presence.
Illinois and Chicago have laws to protect immigrant students. As the Trump administration rapidly rolls back rights for immigrants across the country, here is what you should know about state and city law.
The fact-finding process triggers a timeline for a possible strike, but it wouldn’t happen until mid-April at the earliest.
Mayor Brandon Johnson is yet to appoint the board’s final, 21st member.
The CTU says dipping in the district’s reserves and other steps could help cover contract costs, but CPS says its options are limited.
A new 21-member school board will govern Chicago Public Schools starting Jan. 15. Though 11 people will still be appointed by the mayor, the change marks the beginning of the end of mayoral control.
Tense negotiations over a new CTU contract have spurred a debate about whether he should formally resign from his teaching job to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
The mayor defended staying on ‘union leave’ from CPS while overseeing the nation’s fourth-largest school district amid CTU contract negotiations.
The district’s Office of the Inspector General found that CPS employees and at least one campus mishandled family income forms that determine fee waivers and school funding.
Eight months of increasingly contentious negotiations have produced some notable agreement — and little progress on other issues.
The night before Christmas break, Chicago’s school board voted to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. Now what?
The ruling on Christmas Eve will also prevent board members from “obstructing” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez’s powers in his final six months.
Chicago Board of Education members took the extraordinary step of attending negotiations
The vote to terminate Martinez came late Friday night as the district’s two-week winter break began.
Martinez’s legal team alleges CEO was scapegoated and school board members were appointed to “do the bidding” of mayor, union