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Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said that gains in access to prekindergarten could be threatened by an extended closure of schools.

Chicago has a goal of preschool for every child. Will COVID-19 set that effort back?

October 22, 2020 at 3:41 p.m.

When the coronavirus hit Chicago, the city was approaching the halfway point of its four-year rollout of universal prekindergarten. By the 2021-22 school year, if all went according to plan,...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday it will take a month or more for CPS to transition from all-remote learning to a different model.

Elected officials, community groups demand more from CPS reopening plans, say families have ‘great trepidation about returning to schools this fall’

October 19, 2020 at 5:28 p.m.

Sharing many concerns of the Chicago Teachers Union, dozens of elected officials from Chicago and Illinois sent a letter over the weekend to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Public Schools leaders...

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, with CPS CEO Janice Jackson, announces the district's goal to phase in school-based learning for the most vulnerable students at CPS headquarters on Oct. 16, 2020.

CPS will phase students back into buildings starting with preschool and special education; union calls the plan ‘reckless’ and ‘illegal’

October 16, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that all students will continue with remote learning when the second quarter starts in November but that some of the district's "most vulnerable" children will...

A man watches protesters Aug. 26, 2020, near the Chicago Public Schools headquarters.

Most CPS students will continue remote learning 2nd quarter but pre-kindergarten and some special ed students will return to schools; teachers union calls plan ‘dangerous’

October 16, 2020 at 8:39 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools plans to offer in-person learning to its youngest students next quarter, according to school administrators briefed Thursday on the district's plan. While the district has not released...

Kindergarten teacher Leticia Medellin, right, with her daughter Kayla, outside their Chicago home on Oct. 11, 2020.

CPS students petition to shorten the class day — and end homework — during remote learning, citing headaches, stress and too much screen time

October 14, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

After a month of remote learning, Idalia Rizvic was getting headaches, feeling stressed and struggling to finish her schoolwork early enough to hang out with her family before bedtime. So...

Daniel Jackson, a second grade teacher at Chicago's Dixon Elementary, checks his computers Tuesday at his home, where he's been teaching remotely.

New initiative will recruit Black and brown Chicago students to become CPS educators: ‘There is power in the teachers of color. We understand our children’s stories.’

October 13, 2020 at 7:58 p.m.

Nearly 36% of Chicago Public Schools students but only 21% of the district's teachers are Black, and Dixon Elementary's Daniel Jackson is proud to be one of them. "As a...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson announces "Teach Chicago Tomorrow" on Oct. 13, 2020.

Chicago Public Schools will announce ‘very soon’ if in-person classes will resume next quarter, CEO says: ‘We know that parents are anxious’

October 13, 2020 at 7:04 p.m.

Little more than three weeks remain of Chicago Public Schools' fall quarter, but CEO Janice Jackson and Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday would not say when they will let everyone...

A woman argues with bystanders before crews removed the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park on July 24, 2020.

The Columbus statues are gone, and there’s no parade or CPS holiday this year. But Chicago Italian Americans say Columbus Day will live on.

October 10, 2020 at 7:44 a.m.

There will be a lot less fanfare on Columbus Day in Chicago this year. As criticism of Christopher Columbus' place in history has grown, clashes erupted over the removal of...

Chicago Public Schools says it still expects clerks and other employees to work in school buildings, despite union opposition.

CPS says clerks must report to work in person, despite labor ruling that questions COVID-19 protections in schools

October 8, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

Despite an arbitrator's ruling that certain Chicago Public Schools employees should be allowed to work from home when feasible during remote learning, the district is continuing to require them to...

A CPS clerk said conditions in some schools are deplorable and that "this is a risk CPS is asking is to take. Why does CPS feel that our lives are not important?"

Will Chicago Public Schools reopen next month? A disputed ruling that buildings could pose COVID-19 risk raises new doubts.

October 6, 2020 at 6:56 p.m.

With one month left of the fall quarter, the outcome of a labor dispute with the Chicago Teachers Union could have implications for whether Chicago Public Schools reopens for the...

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