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

Police killing of George Floyd amplifies calls to remove school resource officers from Chicago public schools: ‘We don’t need more cops.’

June 5, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

Outrage over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis is fueling a local push to get police officers out of Chicago Public Schools buildings. Since Floyd's death, the Minneapolis...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks with community members June 4 during an event in the Austin neighborhood. He issued an order Thursday allowing schools to resume in-person classes this summer, with limitations.

Illinois schools can reopen for summer classes with restrictions, governor announces; CPS ‘evaluating’ its options

June 5, 2020 at 7:37 p.m.

Illinois schools, which have been shut down since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, will now be allowed to hold in-person summer school, thanks to an executive order issued Thursday...

The American and Illinois flags fly at half-mast outside of Township High School District 214 on Sunday, April 19, 2020 in Arlington Heights. A student from District 214 has died likely due to complications from COVID-19, and a second student is hospitalized, officials said in a weekend email to district parents. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Escuelas de Illinois pueden reanudar clases este verano

June 4, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

Las escuelas de Illinois, que han estado cerradas desde marzo debido a la pandemia de coronavirus, podrán iniciar clases de verano en persona gracias a una orden ejecutiva emitida el...

A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

Widespread looting overshadows peaceful protests in Chicago and beyond, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker battles President Donald Trump

June 2, 2020 at 6:43 a.m.

As widespread looting overshadowed peaceful protests for a third straight day, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday intensified the state's response to the civic unrest that has erupted since the police...

CPS student Dre'an Chandler, right, and brother Andre Chandler, Jr., leave Milton Brunson Math and Science Elementary School with meals and class supplies on March 17.

Chicago schools to resume meal handouts after suspension prompted by unrest; CPS offers ‘toolkit’ to help families talk about George Floyd death fallout

June 1, 2020 at 6:18 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will resume its "grab and go" free meal pickups on Tuesday following a one-day suspension attributed to unrest prompted by the alleged murder of George Floyd by...

Broken glass and merchandise on the Michigan Avenue sidewalk outside a ransacked Walgreens on May 31, 2020.

Gene & Georgetti takes a hit from looters, but owner says she understands why ‘there is anger right now’

June 1, 2020 at 4:14 p.m.

For the second morning in a row, Michelle Durpetti warily arrived at the Italian steakhouse her grandfather Gene Michelotti and his friend Alfredo Federighi ("Georgetti") opened in 1941. On the...

Finley Williams, 17, a student and newspaper editor at Lane Tech College Prep, has spoken out against Chicago Public Schools' remote learning grading policy, calling it inequitable.

Critics decry remote learning in Chicago Public Schools as unfair, say it ‘rewards those with privilege’

June 1, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

With virtual summer school weeks away and final grades soon due for the school year interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, critics of remote learning in Chicago Public Schools continue to...

Chicago Public Schools saw reports of sexual misconduct drop since schools shut down because of the coronavirus.

Is child abuse going unnoticed during the coronavirus pandemic? Calls to Illinois’ hotline and sexual misconduct reports in CPS have plummeted.

May 29, 2020 at 8:19 a.m.

Sexual misconduct allegations in Chicago Public Schools had been on the rise this year until the coronavirus pandemic forced school buildings to close. Since then, the reports have plummeted, with...

Parents line up to pick up laptops outside Chicago's Richardson Middle School for use in remote learning.

Since coronavirus shut down Chicago schools, teachers have had no contact with at least 2,200 students; engagement lower among black and Latino pupils

May 27, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

More than two months since schools statewide closed their doors because of COVID-19, Chicago Public Schools has been unable to contact more than 2,250 students to determine whether they have...

Kenwood Academy senior Amara Jackson was working at a mall before the pandemic hit. Now she has a grocery store job to help her family.

Teen essential workers juggle labor, fear, stress — and remote learning — to help support their families amid coronavirus job losses

May 26, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

Before Amara Jackson leaves to work eight-hour shifts at the Whole Foods on the border of Chicago and Evergreen Park, she finishes the day's remote learning schoolwork, takes her vitamins...

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