Casey Banas

A contract provision that for the first time gives parents a voice in determining how money is spent in some schools was included in the tentative agreement between the Chicago...

Chicago residents began a journey Sunday that their mayor vows will lead the city on the road to effective reform of their public school system and prepare their children adequately...

A flurry of pre-dawn bargaining Saturday between the Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union edged the 19-day school strike closer to settlement. Both sides seemed encouraged by the...

With the Chicago school strike a record-breaking 16 days old Tuesday, Mayor Harold Washington reaffirmed that he would not interfere in the negotiations beyond ''jawboning'' both sides to end the...

The president of the Chicago Board of Education said late Monday that it appeared to him that the unions that are striking the school board ''want the strike to continue...

Despite indications by both sides in the Chicago school strike that they would bargain around the clock in hopes of ending the walkout by Monday, talks between the Chicago Board...

With eight days of school already missed, Chicago Teachers Union President Jacqueline Vaughn said Friday that the Board of Education ''has no intention of getting an early settlement of this...

In response to requests from Mayor Harold Washington, both sides in the Chicago school strike entered a negotiating session Thursday night offering to bargain around the clock in hopes of...

A group of parents Wednesday urged Mayor Harold Washington to demand round-the-clock negotiations to end the nine-day school strike and allow classes to resume by Monday. A spokesman for the...

Eight years ago, when Gov. James Thompson and then-Mayor Jane Byrne were wrestling with the financial collapse of the Chicago public schools, they needed a savvy but tough businessman with...