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Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson makes an announcement June 18, 2018, at the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center about the launch of a partnership to help improve the district's response, outreach and prevention of sexual abuse.

CPS’ latest response to sexual misconduct scandal: Teaming with Chicago center that investigates child abuse

December 13, 2018 at 6:39 a.m.

The city’s investigative clearinghouse for child abuse cases announced Monday that it will work with Chicago Public Schools to improve staffers’ response to allegations of sexual misconduct against students and...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters on June 12, 2018. A Tribune investigation has revealed a history of failing to protect the district's students from sexual abuse.

CPS workers to undergo fresh background checks before start of next school year

May 23, 2019 at 12:56 a.m.

Thousands of adults who work in Chicago Public Schools will undergo fresh background checks this summer prior to the coming academic term, the school district announced as part of a...

Chicago Board of Education President Frank Clark, from left, Vice President Jaime Guzman and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson leave a news conference addressing strengthening of sexual abuse investigations on June 12, 2018.

CPS to move sex abuse investigations from law department to inspector general

May 23, 2019 at 12:55 a.m.

Investigations into allegations that Chicago school employees sexually abused students should be conducted by the district’s independent watchdog, the school board president said Tuesday as officials try to manage the...

Morgan Park High School on Feb. 6, 2012.

In Illinois, a teacher can legally have sex with a pupil older than 17 if no force is involved

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

The story of Chicago teacher Dino Amendola begins with him getting hired despite a troubling criminal history. It ends when he lost his job and his license for allegedly having...

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin in 2016.

CPS sex abuse scandal prompts Durbin and Duckworth to call for reforms

December 13, 2018 at 6:02 a.m.

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to examine the sex abuse scandal at Chicago Public Schools, calling it a “horrifying situation.”...

Payton College Prep High School on March 8, 2018. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

A CPS investigation concluded a music teacher had abused students. He was allowed to retire quietly.

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

Robert Jeffrey Weaver's resignation from Chicago Public Schools was abrupt, occurring just weeks before the 2012 school year was to start, and it shocked many of the students and parents...

La sede de Chicago Public School's downtown en junio 28, 2017. Durante la pasada década, la policía ha investigado más de 500 casos de abuso sexual y de violencia contra estudiantes en CPS, descubrió una investigación por Tribune.

Investigación de abuso sexual en escuelas genera propuestas de ley

June 7, 2018 at 3:12 p.m.

Legisladores de Illinois presentaron esta semana una serie de propuestas legislativas y empezaron a planear audiencias en respuesta all escándalo de abusos sexuales en las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS)....

The Chicago Public Schools headquarters in downtown is pictured on June 28, 2017. Over the last decade, Chicago police have investigated more than 500 cases of sexual abuse and violence against students in CPS, a Tribune investigation found.

CPS sex abuse findings result in proposals to change Illinois law

May 23, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers this week introduced a set of legislative proposals and began planning hearings in response to the Chicago Public Schools sexual abuse scandal. A bill proposal filed Tuesday listed...

CTU President Karen Lewis was undergoing brain surgery on June 6, 2018, sources told the Tribune.

CTU President Karen Lewis undergoing brain surgery as part of cancer treatment, sources say

May 23, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was undergoing brain surgery Wednesday, sources told the Tribune, as part of ongoing treatment for a 2014 cancer diagnosis that forced her to abandon...

<p>Pedestrians walk past the green silhouettes of children displayed on the glass windows at the Chicago Public Schools headquarters on West Madison Street in Chicago.</p>

CPS inspector general demands ‘independent team’ examine sex abuse investigations

December 13, 2018 at 5:51 a.m.

In a call to eliminate “inherent conflict of interest problems” posed by Chicago Public Schools’ response to sexual misconduct, district Inspector General Nicholas Schuler wants his office to examine abuse...

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