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Chicago Public Schools headquarters in downtown Chicago on June 28, 2017.

Charter school backs out of planned move into Hirsch High School

May 23, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

Supporters of a South Side charter school have abandoned plans to move into Hirsch High School, one of Chicago’s most under-enrolled neighborhood high schools, citing financial issues. Chicago Public Schools...

Harper High School at 6520 S. Wood St. is shown on Nov. 16, 2017.

CPS puts brakes on school closing plan, will phase out 3 Englewood high schools over 3 years

December 14, 2018 at 8:03 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials will phase out three South Side high schools over three years rather than shut them down this summer, an abrupt change to a long-standing plan to...

CTU members give go-ahead to merger with charter school union

December 15, 2018 at 2:28 a.m.

Labor groups representing educators at the city’s traditionally run public schools and privately operated charters are set to merge, following a vote by Chicago Teachers Union members. CTU leaders late...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson formally took over the school system's top post Jan. 24, 2018.

School board approves new CPS CEO and ethics change to clear way for top deputy

December 15, 2018 at 1:39 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson formally claimed the system’s top post Wednesday following a string of supportive testimony from an organized group of aldermen, pastors and principals at the...

Illinois Network of Charter Schools President Andrew Broy talks to the news media during a pro-charter school demonstration outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters Oct. 28, 2015.

State charter leader accuses CTU of power grab as merger vote nears

May 23, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

Chicago Teachers Union members will vote this week on a merger with organized charter school teachers, an effort the head of the state’s charter advocacy group described as a power...

City Colleges to provide counselors to help CPS with new graduation requirement

December 15, 2018 at 12:55 a.m.

The City Colleges of Chicago will offer seven staff members to help Chicago high schools comply with a new requirement that students have a job lined up or get accepted...

Gov. Bruce Rauner holds a news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2017.

State school officials rebuke Rauner over education veto, citing ‘disruption,’ ‘confusion’

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Education on Friday warned that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of school funding legislation created a “disruption” that could cause “confusion” for the state’s 852 school...

Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday they will spend $2.6 million to fill 65 new special education positions at schools throughout the city.

CPS announces new special ed hires just before aldermen publicly blast them for cuts

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said it would spend millions of dollars to fill dozens of new special education positions, a plan the district announced Friday just over an hour before aldermen...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel presides over the Chicago City Council on Oct. 11, 2017.

Emanuel appoints marketing executive to Chicago Board of Education post

May 23, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed a marketing executive to take over a vacant Chicago Board of Education seat Friday amid the latest overhaul to the district’s leadership team. Alejandra Garza fills...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson talks during an interview at district headquarters on Jan. 3, 2018.

Appointment of Chicago school board member to top CPS post conflicts with law

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

Acting Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson appointed a Chicago Board of Education member to a top district job Wednesday, a move that conflicts with a state law that prohibits...

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