School management

The unions have raised concerns that some CTU proposals would shave away power from their members.

The study’s authors hoped the data would help reveal that the needs of current and former English language learners are different and require different support.

Several students at Hancock College Prep said they didn’t know about the city’s first school board elections until their civics class. Now, they’re learning how to decide which candidates deserve their votes.

The district is seeing increases in most student groups, including big bumps in the number of children learning English as a new language.

The Chicago Board of Education oversees many different types of schools, including magnets, selective enrollment, and charters.

The plan includes several priorities meant to bolster communities with high-needs, including to improve academic achievement for Black students and reduce teacher vacancies.

At Clemente Community Academy, students are missing critical instruction time because of absent teachers. It’s one of a number of CPS schools struggling because of a teacher shortage.

The 2024-25 school year gets underway amid an extreme heat advisory and with more than 1,000 CPS students with disabilities waiting for bus rides.

On Aug. 26, Chicago Public Schools students will walk into clean and organized classrooms. But few people see the days of work that teachers and others put into getting those rooms ready.

A former Chicago school board member answers four questions about how the Board of Education works — and how the new board can be effective.

The leadership change at the city’s largest network of charter high schools comes as Chicago’s Board of Education has increased scrutiny on charters and school choice.

The Chicago Teachers Union is proposing adding 'newcomer liaisons’ at schools enrolling students arriving from other countries. But the district is facing a budget deficit that could limit hiring.

In the first crucial hours, police could not get access to video surveillance, a witness, and other key information in a shooting that left two students dead, two wounded. CPS says it cooperated.

The district’s plan calls for training on alternative discipline practices and aims to focus on the “root cause” of student behavior.

Anyone can vote in these uniquely Chicago elections for representatives to serve on the governing bodies of each public school. Here’s how to participate.

Every school will have certain guaranteed staff, including an assistant principal, a counselor, and core classroom teachers, under a new funding formula officials plan to use starting next school year.

Dual language programs are meant to teach students in English and another language.

Principals are the leaders of their schools and staff. But in Chicago, multiple entities have power over principals — and soon, an elected school board and a principals union could impact how school leaders work.

The board’s decision addresses a yearslong grassroots movement that has pushed the district to remove SROs from school campuses but didn’t come without pushback.