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Rod Moyer says goodbye to his daughter, Ra'Nhi, 6, a kindergartener, outside Saucedo Scholastic Academy on March 1, 2021, as Chicago Public Schools opened to tens of thousands of kindergarten through fifth graders.

Chicago Teachers Union prepares for possible walkout Wednesday over reopening plans; high school staffs would refuse to work in person

April 12, 2021 at 7:25 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union members could refuse to report to high schools starting Wednesday if they still don't have a deal with the school district for reopening high schools. Chicago Public...

Teachers union wants to delay high school reopening, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot counters there’s ‘no basis’ for waiting despite rise in city COVID-19 cases

April 7, 2021 at 5:10 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union is asking Chicago Public Schools to delay reopening high schools and provide vaccines to eligible students and families, even as the two sides attempt to negotiate...

Jones College Prep High School in the South Loop of Chicago.

Racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic memes shared with Jones College Prep students prompt school to contact police

March 29, 2021 at 5:03 p.m.

Police have been notified after anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic messages were shared with students at Jones College Prep, according to Chicago Public Schools officials. The messages and memes, posted on...

Agassiz Elementary School, shown Feb. 8, 2021, has been renamed for abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The school was named for Swiss scientist Louis J. Agassiz, whose racist, discredited teachings were used to dehumanize Black people and justify slavery.

Now that Agassiz School has become Harriet Tubman, what about CPS buildings named after slaveholders?

March 26, 2021 at 11:21 a.m.

An eighth-grade student at what will now be known as Harriet Tubman Elementary in Chicago said she's proud the school was just renamed for an abolitionist. "The pure and righteous...

More CPS students sign up for in-person learning but still no high school return date set; district sets pre-Labor Day opening for next fall

March 24, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

Elementary students are signing up for in-person learning at higher rates than a few months ago, but their high school peers are trailing behind, according to the latest survey data...

Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared March 17, 2021, for Chicago Public Schools employees.

CPS vaccine provider had ‘every opportunity to get right’ with the rules, Mayor Lightfoot says

March 24, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

The day after Chicago Public Schools ended its $5 million contract with vaccine provider Innovative Express Care in light of allegations surrounding how doses were used, district officials said switching...

The class of 2021 can skip the SAT as a graduation requirement this year.

High school seniors in Chicago and across Illinois won’t have to take SAT to graduate this spring because of COVID-19 disruptions

March 24, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

As they focus on how and when they can reopen high schools, Chicago Public Schools leaders have announced that the class of 2021 will not have to take the SAT...

Dr. Rahul Khare, CEO of Innovative Express Care, administers a second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Helen Reichard in Chicago on March 9.

Company in charge of vaccinating CPS employees misallocated 6,000 vaccines, Chicago Health Department says: ‘This is completely unacceptable behavior’

March 24, 2021 at 12:48 p.m.

The company in charge of vaccinating Chicago Public Schools employees "knowingly" misallocated 6,000 vaccines, leading the city's public health department to stop providing it with shots, officials announced late Tuesday....

After a year of pandemic losses and civil and political unrest, CPS launches new effort to address trauma in students

March 22, 2021 at 5:56 p.m.

A $25 million Chicago Public Schools initiative announced Monday aims to "expand" behavioral health teams to all schools by training educators already working there. Rather than hire more mental health...

Karen Krausen-Ferrer, who volunteers with the West Ridge Community Response Team, looks over one of the 20 boxes of food that were dropped off to her garage in Chicago on Friday, March 19, 2021. She coordinates the food boxes and makes sure they are all delivered.

All CPS families are getting $450 pandemic food benefit cards. Some who don’t need the help are trying to pay it forward.

March 20, 2021 at 8:18 a.m.

As food benefit cards worth $450 begin to arrive in the mailboxes of Chicago Public Schools families — whether or not they need the money — some mutual aid groups...

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