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Chicago schools to receive more money per student, but less overall as enrollment dips

May 22, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools principals will receive slightly more money for each student in the coming academic year, district officials said Thursday, though a substantial portion of the increase will go...

Englewood residents briefed on proposed new high school

May 22, 2019 at 11:42 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials Monday faced a bit of skepticism and a lot of questions from community members curious to learn more about the district's plans for a new $75...

Gov. Bruce Rauner visits Warren High School in Gurnee to assess flood damage on July 14, 2017.

In midst of staff shakeup, Gov. Rauner casts attention toward flooded Illinois

May 15, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner faced news cameras for the first time in over a week Friday, seeking to focus attention on flood-ravaged areas of the state and not his staff...

The National Teacher's Academy, shown on Oct. 8, 2013, would become a neighborhood high school under a proposed CPS plan.

CPS proposes phase-in for new South Loop high school

May 22, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Monday said it has tweaked its plan to turn an elementary school in the booming South Loop community into a high school. Students who will be...

Sarah Chambers speaks during a press conference outside of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office at City Hall in Chicago on May 23, 2017.

CTU member claims she was fired in retaliation over activism

May 22, 2019 at 11:39 p.m.

An outspoken Chicago Teachers Union member who was fired from her teaching position this spring sued the school district in federal court Friday, alleging she was let go in retaliation...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters in downtown Chicago on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Moody's Investors Service says it may downgrade its outlook for the school district's finances.

Wall Street agency looks at CPS finances ‘for a potential downgrade’

May 22, 2019 at 11:39 p.m.

Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday that it may downgrade its already gloomy outlook for Chicago Public Schools finances because of the state's "ongoing failure" to help finance the district's...

Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters in downtown Chicago on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.

CPS makes good on chunk of massive teacher pension fund payment

May 22, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Friday paid off about two-thirds of a massive bill owed to the city's teacher pension fund with help from more than $380 million the district borrowed...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis participates in a union protest June 28, 2017, outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters over a district decision to reduce the number of jobs in a preschool program.

CTU President Lewis criticizes district’s ‘usurious’ borrowing deal

May 22, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Wednesday that school district officials are "borrowing money at usurious rates" instead of directing scarce resources toward classrooms, criticisms that come as another...

Ventra Cards-only turnstiles at the CTA Blue Line station at Halsted Street on April 29, 2015. The Chicago Board of Education is set to pay a private company to manage how schools distribute public transit fare cards, an effort that has been a target of investigations by the district's inspector general.

CPS considers transit card management contract that has been subject of investigation

May 22, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education is set to pay a private company about $1 million to manage how schools distribute public transit fare cards, a joint effort of the Chicago...

$70,000 a day in interest — the cost of another short-term CPS budget solution

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Two expensive loans that Chicago Public Schools secured over the last week will cost roughly $70,000 a day in interest for the cash-strapped district under the terms of the deals....

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