State high court sides with CPS in dispute over teacher layoffs
The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with the Chicago Public Schools in a two-year legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the layoffs of nearly 750 tenured teachers in...
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State high court sides with CPS in dispute over teacher layoffs
The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with the Chicago Public Schools in a two-year legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the layoffs of nearly 750 tenured teachers in...
Chicago teachers asking for 30% raises over next 2 years
The Chicago Teachers Union is asking for raises amounting to 30 percent over the next two years, the opening salvo in heated contract negotiations with school officials who are implementing...
CPS plans to revise sick day policy that cost district $37M yearly
Chicago Public Schools officials say they plan to introduce a revised sick day policy to the school board next week to end the long-standing practice of allowing employees to accumulate...
CPS to propose change to accumulation of sick days
Chicago Public Schools officials say they plan to introduce a revised sick day policy to the school board next week to end the long-standing practice of allowing employees to accumulate...
Nearly 400 CPS staffers didn’t take furloughs
Chicago Public Schools failed to enforce its mandatory furlough policy last school year, costing the cash-strapped district at least $460,000 when nearly 400 employees — principals, assistant principals and central...
Nearly 400 CPS staffers didn’t take furloughs
Chicago Public Schools failed to enforce its mandatory furlough policy last school year, costing the cash-strapped district at least $460,000 when nearly 400 employees — principals, assistant principals and central...
Local School Council members ask court to take action on proposed school closings
Local School Council members, helped by the Chicago Teachers Union, are asking a Cook County court to intervene before the Chicago Board of Education votes on 17 proposed school closures...
School reform organization gets average grades
Over the last decade, a nonprofit teaching academy with strong political ties has launched an education revolution inside Chicago Public Schools, tearing down and rebuilding some of the city's worst-performing...
Educators say funding key to reducing dropouts
Gov. Pat Quinn is pushing state lawmakers to raise the age students can legally drop out of school from 17 to 18, a move aimed at improving graduation rates but...