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In CPS, where schools have been closed for in-person classes since March, about 250 employees or vendors have contracted COVID-19, officials announced.

CPS reports 258 cases of COVID-19 among staff and vendors, including eight deaths, in six months since schools shut down

September 16, 2020 at 8:48 p.m.

Since March, when schools closed to students, at least 258 Chicago Public Schools and charter school employees or vendors have tested positive for COVID-19, and eight have died, according to...

Las escuelas de todo el país han informado de ataques que involucran imágenes de armas, pornografía y otras fotografías, videos o lenguaje inapropiado.

Pornografía, armas y racismo irrumpen en las aulas virtuales del nuevo año escolar

September 15, 2020 at 3:06 p.m.

El primer Chromebook que recibió Valerie Carroll no funcionaba, así que regresó a la escuela y obtuvo otro. El reemplazo sí funcionó, sin embargo la primera semana de aprendizaje remoto,...

Classrooms are empty at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy of Social Justice annd other CPS schools, but among the challenges of remote learning are hackers and pranksters taking over classes.

Porn, guns and racism: Days into the new school year, virtual classrooms have been disrupted by hackers and pranksters

September 15, 2020 at 1:42 p.m.

The first Chromebook wasn't working, so Valerie Carroll went back to the school and got a new one. The replacement worked, but the first week of remote learning, her daughter's...

Gabriel Lopez is online for the first day of remote learning at his Chicago home.

At some CPS schools, fewer than half the students logged in the first day of remote learning, but the district aims to close what’s left of the digital divide

September 11, 2020 at 10:03 p.m.

Attendance for the first day of Chicago Public Schools' remote fall quarter varied from a low below 40% to a high of 100% at each of more than 500 district-run...

CPS employees who say COVID-19 makes schools unsafe must continue to report to work in person, for now

September 9, 2020 at 6:34 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools can keep requiring school clerks to go to work in person for now, but the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board wants to hear more directly from school...

Back to school, from home: CPS begins a new school year with a return to remote learning, successes and frustrations

September 8, 2020 at 8:59 p.m.

Surrounded by four computer monitors, Nightingale Elementary teacher Lauren Kullman joked that she felt like she was producing the Emmys. But it was just the first day of school. As...

Eric Cochran, a social worker at Amundsen High School, said he's had "a lot of sleepless nights thinking about certain kids."

From wake-up calls to wellness checks, how CPS is trying to make sure no child is left disconnected as remote learning resumes Tuesday

September 8, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

Mather High School counselor Paige Stenzel finally found out through a student's friend why he'd stopped participating in school: He'd started working a third-shift job to help support his family....

Students walk to Lake View High School in Chicago on March 16, the last day before Chicago Public Schools closed all schools to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Officials announced the graduation rate went up this year, despite the pandemic.

Chicago Public Schools announces ‘record-high’ graduation rate despite remote learning challenges as mayor vows district is ‘not sitting this year out’

September 4, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

With Latino students driving the trend, Chicago Public Schools students have reached a record-high five-year graduation rate of 82.5%, district leaders announced Friday. The rate got a boost in part...

CPS school clerk Ramona Rojas says the district has not provided her with necessary safety equipment for her job.

For some CPS employees, the school year is already off to a rough start, even before classes begin Tuesday

September 3, 2020 at 8:11 a.m.

The windowless conference room with poor air circulation was hardly an upgrade from the cramped office where Chicago Public Schools clerk Ramona Rojas was initially assigned when she returned to...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters at 42 W. Madison St. in Chicago on April 24, 2019.

High-ranking Chicago Public Schools official charged with lying to FBI in contract probe

August 27, 2020 at 6:23 p.m.

A top aide to Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson has been charged with lying to the FBI about whether he passed secret bid information about a massive $1 billion...

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