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Illinois, CPS top national list for suspension disparity

December 24, 2018 at 11:12 a.m.

One of every 4 African-American public school students in Illinois was suspended at least once for disciplinary reasons during the 2009-10 school year, the highest rate among 47 states examined...

St. Scholastica Academy leased for charter school

December 24, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

The UNO Charter School Network's latest plan for expansion, a new K-8 school in the historic St. Scholastica Academy building in Rogers Park, comes as the city's cash-strapped public school...

Like Richard, like Rahm

December 24, 2018 at 11:06 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for a longer day in the face of union opposition isn't the first time the issue has raised the threat of a teachers strike. In 2003,...

CPS teachers turn up the heat on school board with protest

December 24, 2018 at 11:02 a.m.

Despite a breakthrough in contract talks on the key issue of longer days, hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teachers showed up for a demonstration Wednesday intended to remind the school...

Teachers picket outside CPS headquarters

May 16, 2019 at 11:10 a.m.

Several hundred Chicago Public Schools teachers and union supporters, clad in red t-shirts, picketed and marched in front of CPS headquarters this morning to call for a publicly elected school...

Teachers picket outside CPS headquarters

December 24, 2018 at 11:02 a.m.

Several hundred Chicago Public Schools teachers and union supporters, clad in red t-shirts, picketed and marched in front of CPS headquarters this morning to call for a publicly elected school...

Chicago school board delays budget vote, worries charter leaders

December 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

The Chicago school board's decision to postpone Wednesday's scheduled vote on a $5.73 billion budget for 2012-13 because of uncertainty over a teachers contract has stoked fears among charter school...

Advocates press CPS to maintain funding for charter schools

May 16, 2019 at 11:09 a.m.

With uncertainty still surrounding the next Chicago Public Schools budget because of contract talks with teachers, dozens of charter school advocates Monday packed an auditorium inside a LEARN charter school...

Board of Education postpones vote on budget until teacher contract pact

May 16, 2019 at 11:08 a.m.

The Chicago school board has postponed voting on the district's $5.73 billion budget for next school year until an agreement is reached on a new teachers' contract, said CPS spokeswoman...

Board of Education postpones vote on budget until teacher contract pact

December 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

The Chicago school board has postponed voting on the district's $5.73 billion budget for next school year until an agreement is reached on a new teachers' contract, said CPS spokeswoman...

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