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Chicago residents protest police in schools at a Daley Plaza rally, June 24, 2020.

CPS will reduce funding for school resource officers by half and won’t pay for police while schools are closed for remote learning

August 11, 2020 at 6:56 p.m.

With the campaign to end school police only gaining traction since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Chicago Public Schools introduced a budget Monday that would cut in...

Chicago Public Schools officials say they still expect an increase is revenue this coming year, despite the impact of the coronavirus.

Chicago Public Schools proposes $8.4 billion budget, tax increase for 2021 as it copes with financial impact of COVID-19

August 11, 2020 at 5:02 p.m.

In order to pay for the $8.4 billion budget Chicago Public Schools has proposed for the new school year, the district is relying on a second wave of federal relief...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson speaks alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 5, 2020 at City Hall in Chicago.

Chicago Public Schools delays release of remote learning plan but CEO promises more live instruction and accountability

August 7, 2020 at 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Friday delayed the release of its plan for remote learning in the fall, days after the district announced it would start the new school year virtually...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced CPS schools will begin the school year with an all-remote model. At left is CPS CEO Janice Jackson.

CPS backtracks and moves to all-remote learning for fall, but officials say they won’t be ‘cobbling things together’ like last spring

August 5, 2020 at 8:09 p.m.

After weeks of defending a proposal to reopen Chicago Public Schools this fall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson announced Wednesday that the new school year will begin...

A Chicago Teachers Union member rides a bike as he and several cars drive past City Hall in Chicago during a protest and caravan on Aug. 3, 2020.

Chicago Public Schools is expected to announce move to remote learning after Chicago Teachers Union threatens to strike again: sources

August 5, 2020 at 6:53 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday an all-remote learning plan to start the school year amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a move that could avert...

A Chicago Teachers Union member rides a bike as he and several cars drive past City Hall.

Lightfoot ‘does not have the guts to close schools,’ Chicago Teachers Union claims as it protests plan for in-person classes in CPS this fall

August 4, 2020 at 8:45 a.m.

With Chicago Public Schools parents facing a deadline days away to opt in or out of in-person classes this fall, parents and teachers in Chicago and across the country are...

Dozens of high schools in Chicago have yet to vote on retaining their school resource officers.

15 Chicago high schools have voted to keep their school resource officers, despite protest movement against police in CPS buildings

July 28, 2020 at 7:50 p.m.

At least three Chicago high schools have voted to discontinue having resource officers from the Chicago Police Department — but at least 15 more have decided to keep their officers,...

Chicago Teachers Union members in a motor vehicle caravan protest to Chicago Public Schools headquarters.

New CDC guidance adds pressure for schools to reopen in the fall, but teachers’ demands for remote learning are getting louder

July 24, 2020 at 7:26 p.m.

As Chicago Public Schools collects feedback from families on its proposal to bring students back into the classroom part time this fall, federal officials continue to signal they favor schools...

As CPS debates whether to reopen schools like Orozco Academy in Pilsen, new data highlights how much students participated in remote learning after schools closed in March.

Disparities between Black and white students seen in CPS remote learning participation: ‘We are all disheartened to see the gap’

July 23, 2020 at 6:59 p.m.

Participation in remote learning after the coronavirus pandemic closed Chicago Public Schools varied significantly for students with different learning needs or racial backgrounds, despite efforts to connect children citywide with...

CPS students will get the option to do remote learning in the fall, schools CEO says, but opponents are still pushing for all-virtual classes

July 22, 2020 at 8:34 p.m.

Outside the Chicago Board of Education's Loop office Wednesday, teachers taped poster boards to the backs of chairs to represent what they worry classrooms could look like if schools open...

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