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Dozens of Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters take part in a rally outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters in July. The union continues to raise objections to plans to begin to reopen schools in January.

Chicago Public Schools’ reopening plan uncertain as hearing on teachers union injunction request looms

December 15, 2020 at 5:01 p.m.

Major decisions could be made about Chicago Public Schools this week related to its coronavirus response and plans to resume in-person learning. The Chicago Board of Education is set to...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson announces the district's goal to phase in school-based learning for the district's most vulnerable students at CPS headquarters on Oct. 16, 2020.

As CPS parents face decision day on sending their kids back to school, CTU seeks legal action to stop ‘arbitrary’ reopening plan

December 7, 2020 at 8:24 p.m.

On decision day for parents and teachers of Chicago Public Schools students tapped to return for in-person classes in the new year, the Chicago Teachers Union announced it had filed...

Students walk to Lake View High School in Chicago in March.

Children from poorer Chicago areas are still less likely to attend top-performing high schools, despite CPS efforts to even the playing field, new report finds

December 4, 2020 at 4:48 p.m.

In Chicago, children from wealthier and whiter neighborhoods are more likely to enroll in higher-rated public schools, attributable in part to access and choice, according to research released Thursday looking...

Shavon Coleman, right, a pre-kindergarten teacher assistant at Lawndale Community Academy, rallies with others who support investment in existing schools, rather than a proposal that would close three schools and replace with one a new one.

Divisive North Lawndale school consolidation proposal is now on hold: ‘We took a stand as a community’

December 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

Opponents are celebrating the withdrawal of a proposal that would close three under-enrolled elementary schools and build a new school for North Lawndale, while its authors say they plan to...

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Janice Jackson speaks regarding CPS plan to phase students back into buildings next quarter, starting with "most vulnerable" children seen here at CPS headquarters in Chcago's Loop on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020.

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CPS reopening plan so far: What you need to know about when and how Chicago schools will welcome students back

December 1, 2020 at 7:16 p.m.

In the new year, Chicago Public Schools plans to start reopening schools, beginning with students in prekindergarten and special education clusters and phasing in upper elementary grades. The district released...

Shanija Coleman, 17, and her sister Chayna Dixon, 11, kiss their mother Shavon Coleman. Shavon graduated from Lawndale school and now works there. She's skeptical of the school consolidation plan that would close her school.

Blueprint for change or another blow to North Lawndale? A call to close 3 schools and open another has split a Chicago community in need of rebuilding.

December 3, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

From her family's home in North Lawndale, a young Rochelle Jackson saw her Chicago neighborhood burn during the 1968 riots sparked by the assassination of civil rights icon Martin Luther...

Mitzi Alday, left, talks to Salvation Army Capt. Jennifer Clanton at the Salvation Army Freedom Center in Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, as Alday and other people wait to pick up Thanksgiving meals.

On Thanksgiving: ‘Just because of the pandemic, it doesn’t mean that volunteer work will stop’

November 26, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

Traditionally for Thanksgiving, Mitzi Alday's mom makes tamales and her aunt prepares a turkey. This year, it will just be Alday's immediate family, and the turkey is from Salvation Army....

A student with a parent gets directions before in-person selective enrollment testing at Lindblom Math and Science Academy on Nov. 21, 2020.

In-person entrance exams for Chicago’s selective high schools bring high anxiety about COVID-19 risk

November 21, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

To have a shot at getting into their favorite Chicago public high school, many eighth graders need to take a three-hour test, a process causing even more anxiety than usual...

A man watches protesters Aug. 26, 2020, near the Chicago Public Schools headquarters.

As grades and attendance slip, CPS places hopes on schools reopening, citing risk of ‘losing an entire generation of students’

November 19, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

With hard return dates for elementary school students contingent upon the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago Public Schools officials are challenged by how to improve on poor attendance rates...

The Chicago Teachers Union and supporters protested against reopening schools back in August, and the teachers union has continued to raise concerns for students as well as for staff already working in buildings.

Despite ruling that CPS violated employees’ contract over COVID-19 safety measures, district won’t expand remote work for clerks, tech aides

November 13, 2020 at 4:35 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has indicated it will continue to require certain staff members to work in person, despite an arbitrator's ruling Thursday that they should be allowed to work mostly...

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