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Prep books, pencils, and calculators are just some of the items used by students attending a SAT prep class at Glenbard North High School on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 in Carol Stream. The school has about 700 students, mostly juniors, taking the prep class. They receive about 50 hours of prep instruction for the upcoming SAT test in March. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

As students return for a new school year, new education-related laws hit the books

September 3, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

As students head back to school, several new education-related laws are hitting the books, and even more will take effect within the year. Some deal with curriculum material; others attempt...

Englewood is losing 4 high schools, but a new STEM campus is seen as ‘huge opportunity’ for the struggling neighborhood

September 2, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

As Cherice Price's son and the rest of Englewood STEM High School's inaugural freshman class find their lockers on the first day of school Tuesday, two other Englewood schools —...

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks outside of Chicago Public Schools headquarters prior to a Chicago Board of Education meeting Aug. 28, 2019.

Chicago Teachers Union knocks CPS $7 billion spending plan as a ‘Rahm budget,’ but school board passes it 6-0

August 28, 2019 at 7:39 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union may have just rejected Lori Lightfoot's latest contract offer and loudly opposed her budget proposal, but the school board chosen by the new mayor passed its...

Chicago Teachers Union president Jesse Sharkey, takes questions from the press outside CPS headquarters, before a public hearing, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Abel Uribe/baiduhai

Podría estallar la huelga en escuelas de CPS

August 26, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

A ocho días de que los estudiantes de escuela públicas regresen a clases, el Sindicato de Maestros (CTU) de Chicago rechazó las recomendaciones de un investigador independiente sobre un nuevo...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, left, and CPS CEO Janice Jackson discuss negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union during a news conference at Webster Elementary School on Aug. 26, 2019. CTU President Jesse Sharkey announced Monday the union has rejected an independent fact-finder's proposal for a new contract, setting the stage for a possible strike.

Chicago Teachers Union rejects new contract proposal, setting the clock for a possible strike; mayor counters there’s ‘real money on the table’

August 26, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

With eight days to go before students return to school, the Chicago Teachers Union rejected an independent fact-finder's recommendations for a new contract — placing the labor group one step...

Califican viaje de maestros de Chicago a Venezuela como “gira de propaganda” al líder socialista

August 20, 2019 at 2:10 p.m.

El reciente viaje a Venezuela de un grupo que se hace llamar una delegación del Sindicato de Maestros de Chicago (CTU) molestó a algunos miembros del sindicato y expatriados que...

Karen Moody, a longtime Chicago Public Schools teacher, was among the critics of a trip to Venezuela taken by a group that called itself a teachers union delegation.

Chicago Teachers Union group’s trip to Venezuela, praise of socialist leader slammed as ‘propaganda tour’

August 19, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

The recent trip to Venezuela by a group calling itself a Chicago Teachers Union delegation has upset some union members and expats who question the point of the tour and...

Chicago Public School CEO Janice Jackson answers questions following the announcement of 10 high schools to the district's Opportunity Schools program.

Lightfoot equity plan promises more nurses, social workers in Chicago Public Schools

July 31, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Chicago's public schools will be staffed by hundreds more nurses and social workers over the next five years, along with more special education case managers, according to a broad equity...

CPS teacher charged with sex assault of student denied bond again

July 26, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

A Chicago Public Schools teacher charged with sexually assaulting a student he tutored was again denied bail Friday and was returned to the Cook County Jail, where he has been...

Writer, director and producer David Lynch's foundation developed a transcendental meditation program used in a Chicago school.

What’s wrong with a Chicago public high school teaching transcendental meditation? Plenty, critics claim.

July 26, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

Students at a Chicago high school were led into a room with shades drawn and door windows papered over, lit only with candles and scented by incense. They were handed...

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