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District officials can’t say when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs ...
Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the ...
Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) new contract are colliding with financial reality as the ...
CTU officials are calling on the state to pay CPS $1.2 billion in what they believed is owed to them by Illinois and to call ...
Teachers Union’s ‘Climate Justice’ Goals Meet Fiscal Reality As Students Fail “Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago ...
The district’s proposed changes would allow a student who scores in the top 10% of their grade on state tests to be eligible to apply for skipping a grade or taking accelerated math and reading.
CPS Board President Sean Harden joins us to discuss the search for a new schools CEO, what the community wants in a leader, ...
The school system must contend with a $700 million budget deficit and the likelihood of less money from the federal ...
The interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools said the district's budget deficit is $734 million, more than $200 million more ...
Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this ...
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, seated far right, speaks during a Chicago Board of Education meeting at Roberto Clemente Community Academy on Sept. 26, 2024.