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Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the slight rating upgrade on Chicago Public Schools from Standard & Poor's "affirms that CPS is on firmer financial footing."

City hails slight upgrades to CPS junk bonds amid ongoing fiscal pressure

December 12, 2018 at 10:19 p.m.

City officials celebrated Wall Street’s slight upgrades to still-junk-level Chicago Board of Education bonds this week, as the school system presses through fiscal pressure with a new budget that plans...

Special report: Chicago Public Schools fails to protect students from sexual attacks by classmates

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

The baiduhai's reporting on predatory adults in its "Betrayed" series already has resulted in an overhaul of the Chicago Public Schools' child-safety programs as well as bipartisan state legislative...

Chicago Public Schools' roughly $6 billion operating budget for the coming year is nearly $285 million higher than last year's.

CPS approves $6 billion operating budget amid concerns from civic, disability groups

December 12, 2018 at 10:08 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education approved a multibillion-dollar budget for everyday expenses and new debt Wednesday, prompting officials to repeat their praise for recent fiscal peace amid concerns from civic...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson speaks at the City Club of Chicago luncheon at Maggiano's Little Italy on July 16, 2018.

Citing ‘firmer’ budget and sex abuse scandal, CPS to hire 250 social workers, case managers

December 12, 2018 at 9:28 p.m.

As sexual abuse and special education scandals continue to loom over Chicago Public Schools, district CEO Janice Jackson committed to hire some 250 new social workers and case managers for...

The Office of Student Protections and Title IX will be operational by the fall, Chicago Public Schools said June 26, 2018, a day before its expected launch. The 20-person office, backed by a planned $3 million budget, is to act as the authority for sexual abuse cases.

New office to oversee sexual abuse cases in Chicago Public Schools

December 13, 2018 at 7:16 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools committed Wednesday to the rapid launch of a new internal clearinghouse for sexual abuse allegations, laying out officials’ latest promises of reform on a day the district’s...

La Oficina de Protección del Estudiante y Título IX comenzará a operar en otoño, que actuará como la autoridad para los casos de abuso sexual.

CPS crea oficina para supervisar casos de abuso sexual

December 13, 2018 at 7:13 a.m.

El distrito escolar de Chicago dijo el miércoles que pronto establecerá una instancia interna para abordar alegaciones de abuso sexual, su plan se presentaría en la reunión de la Junta...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson talks about improving the district's response, outreach and prevention of sexual abuse on June 18, 2018.

CPS removes 2 principals amid investigation into how sexual abuse allegations handled

December 13, 2018 at 7:06 a.m.

Principals at two prominent Chicago high schools were removed from their duties Monday, pending what officials described as ongoing investigations into how the administrators handled sexual abuse allegations. Sheldon House,...

Karen Lewis attends a town hall-style meeting to answer residents' questions about politics and city government at the Clarendon Park Community Center in 2014.

CTU President Karen Lewis says she’s stepping down from her post

December 13, 2018 at 6:57 a.m.

Karen Lewis, the firebrand president of the Chicago Teachers Union, says she’s stepping down from her post atop one of the region’s most formidable labor unions. The union president said...

Tamara Reed, left, becomes emotional as Morgan Aranda testifies June 20, 2018, about their experiences being assaulted by teachers in Chicago Public Schools during a hearing before the General Assembly's education committees.

Illinois state lawmakers lash out at CPS over sexual abuse of students

May 23, 2019 at 12:57 a.m.

After hearing powerful testimony from two young women who said they were sexually abused by teachers they trusted, angry Illinois lawmakers thanked them for their courage, then turned on Chicago...

The National Teachers Academy on June 6, 2017.

Parents file lawsuit to halt closure of South Loop elementary school

December 13, 2018 at 6:42 a.m.

Opponents of a city plan to replace a largely African-American elementary school in the South Loop with a neighborhood high school filed a lawsuit Tuesday to halt the closure. The...

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