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CPS watchdog says CEO Forrest Claypool ‘repeatedly lied’ during ethics probe

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday continued to defend his handpicked Chicago Public Schools chief in the face of a searing inspector general’s report that accuses district CEO Forrest Claypool of...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool makes a presentation in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2017. CPS' Inspector General Nicholas Schuler recommended on Dec. 6 that Claypool be fired for his handling of an ethics investigation involving the district's top attorney, sources said.

CPS watchdog says Claypool should be fired, but Emanuel sticks by his schools chief

May 15, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The inspector general for Chicago Public Schools has recommended that district CEO Forrest Claypool be fired for his handling of an ethics investigation involving the district’s top attorney, according to...

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

CPS to use $15 million in federal funding to create 3 new magnet schools

December 17, 2018 at 4:55 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools would use $15 million in federal funding aimed at desegregating schools to turn three neighborhood elementary schools into citywide magnet schools, under a plan laid out by...

Harper High School, located in the West Englewood neighborhood, Nov. 16, 2017.

Chicago Public Schools closing and consolidation plan would affect thousands of students

May 23, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Friday moved ahead with school closing and merger proposals that would affect thousands of kids next school year. Under a previously announced plan, four South Side...

Parents protest over vermin infesting South Side elementary school

May 23, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

A persistent rodent problem and a string of failed health inspections at a South Side elementary school drove infuriated parents and community members to protest the building’s conditions on Thursday...

CTU criticizes plan to close Englewood high schools

May 23, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday condemned school district plans to close four South Side high schools next year and send current students to surrounding schools before a new, $85...

Students walk into Tilden Career Community Academy High School in Chicago on the first day of school on Sept. 5, 2017.

More than a dozen Chicago high schools struggle to survive as enrollment plummets, performance falters

June 1, 2018 at 10:42 a.m.

Between classes, Theron Averett Jr. walks past rooms stacked with empty desks and an off-limits area where he's heard there's an empty swimming pool. "I've never seen it," he says....

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool's letter to the school district watchdog publicly acknowledged his role in an investigation that has centered on a $250,000 contract awarded to a law firm that once employed CPS general counsel.

Chicago Public Schools chief apologizes for role in inspector general ethics probe

May 23, 2019 at 12:11 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool apologized Friday for conduct related to an ongoing inspector general ethics probe, in an unusual letter to the school district watchdog. Claypool’s words publicly...

<p>The Cook County Jail at 26th Street and Sacramento Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 12, 2016.</p>

CPS reinstates Cook County Jail high school principal accused of fraud

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has reinstated the principal of a Cook County Jail high school program after rejecting allegations of wrongdoing made by the district’s inspector general. York High School Principal...

Amanda Presslak, front, a fourth-grade teacher at Passages Charter School, and other teachers, protest in front of the school May 24, 2017.

Move to merge charter school union into CTU stalls

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

A monthslong campaign to consolidate a labor group representing Chicago charter school teachers with the Chicago Teachers Union is on hold, for now. Unionized teachers at 32 Chicago charter schools...

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