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Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey speaks in front of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office at City Hall on Jan. 15, 2019. CTU officials formally unveiled their initial demands for a labor contract.

‘Where will the money come from? Rich people,’ Chicago Teachers Union says as it seeks increased pay, staffing in contract

May 23, 2019 at 1:41 a.m.

Chicago Teachers Union members lodged their first demands for a new contract Tuesday — including pay hikes and a host of topics state law bars the labor group from striking...

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley speaks at a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Chicago on Jan. 9, 2019.

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley proposes massive CPS overhaul, cutting school councils from more than 500 to 60

May 23, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley called for a series of complex overhauls to Chicago Public Schools this week, as he advanced a government-shrinking policy agenda that included plans to slash the...

State Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago, center, is elected to another term as president after the swearing in of the 101st General Assembly on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Springfield.

House Speaker Michael Madigan vilifies Gov. Bruce Rauner as Democrats bolster their numbers in Springfield

May 15, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

As Democrats bolstered their numbers in Springfield on Wednesday ahead of Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker’s inauguration next week, Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan tried to urge cooperation while vilifying Republican Gov....

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey, at lectern, joins SEIU Healthcare Illinois and SEIU Local 73 to endorse Toni Preckwinkle for Chicago mayor at SEIU Healthcare in Chicago on Dec. 6, 2018.

Chicago Teachers Union says Toni Preckwinkle leads mayoral contenders, citing weeks-old poll results

May 23, 2019 at 1:39 a.m.

As Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s campaign reels from her ties to the Ald. Edward Burke corruption scandal, the Chicago Teachers Union on Tuesday released a nearly month-old poll...

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General Nicholas Schuler's office released a report Jan. 3, 2018, summarizing the office's investigations completed last school year. Affected schools and employees were not identified by name.

CPS watchdog report: Elementary teacher hired despite past sexual misconduct, famed choir director mismanaged donations

May 23, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

A former Chicago Public Schools teacher was hired at a local elementary school even though he listed a guilty plea to misdemeanor charges involving sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old boy...

Chicago teacher charged with sexual abuse in case allegedly involving 4 teen victims

May 23, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

A Chicago Public Schools teacher was arrested and charged with sexual abuse this week in a case that allegedly involves four teenage victims. Court records and authorities said Julio Mora,...

Laura Lefkow-Hynes' journals include entries about the friendship she had with her high school chemistry teacher. She filed a complaint with Chicago Public Schools after coming to the conclusion as an adult that their relationship had been inappropriate.

A crush, dysfunctional relationship or emotional abuse? CPS moves to fire teacher for conduct 18 years ago.

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Laura Lefkow-Hynes had long viewed her teenage relationship with her chemistry teacher at Lincoln Park High School as mutual, though dysfunctional. Then, as an adult with a daughter of her...

Austan Goolsbee, shown at the University of Chicago in 2016, was appointed to the Chicago Board of Education.

Emanuel taps former Obama adviser Austan Goolsbee to fill Chicago school board vacancy

May 23, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

Austan Goolsbee, a prominent economist and onetime adviser to former President Barack Obama’s administration, was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fill a long-vacant spot on the Chicago Board of...

Dozens of charter school teachers and their supporters rally in downtown Chicago for smaller class sizes, funding and what they consider a fair contract on Dec. 5, 2018.

Charter teachers strike continues as CPS board votes to close 2 campuses, deny charter applications

May 23, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

Negotiations between the Acero Schools charter network and striking workers pressed into Thursday, but it wasn’t clear whether they could reach a deal to end the nation’s first charter school...

Camelot Education will pay what Chicago Public Schools described as a total of $1 million in cash and unspecified "compensatory services."

CPS reaches $1 million settlement with company that won business with help from convicted ex-CEO

May 23, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

A for-profit company that allegedly won tens of millions of dollars from Chicago Public Schools with help from the district’s imprisoned ex-CEO will pay a fine and undergo three years...

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