Rauner, schools play blame game as CPS takes out costly $275M loan
Chicago Public Schools closed an expensive deal on Monday to borrow some of the cash officials said the district needs to scrape through June and pay the bulk of a...
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Unionized charter teachers vote to merge with Chicago Teachers Union
Unionized teachers in 32 of the city's charter schools voted to merge with the Chicago Teachers Union this week, officials announced Friday. The Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff...
CPS to build high school on Robeson campus and close Hope, Harper, TEAM Englewood
Chicago Public Schools on Friday unveiled plans to construct a new high school in the Englewood area — a $75 million project that also would close several under-enrolled high schools...
CPS puts forward plan for new high school at elementary building in South Loop
Chicago Public Schools plans to spend as much as $10 million to transform a highly rated elementary school in the booming South Loop into a new high school, a move...
Charter school teachers to vote on joining CTU
Unionized teachers at Chicago charter schools are set to begin voting Monday on a plan to join the Chicago Teachers Union, a merger that would alter the politics of the...
CPS expands program that gives top principals more autonomy
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools officials announced the expansion of incentive and training programs for district principals Wednesday, using the opportunity to criticize state education funding and promote...
Chicago is epicenter of charter school teacher contract disputes
Some 25 years after a new kind of public school entered the national education landscape — "charters" run by private groups and set free from bureaucracy — Chicago has become...
Teachers, management at Passages charter school reach contract agreement
Teachers at the Passages charter school in Chicago's Edgewater community tentatively agreed to a contract late Wednesday following a marathon night of talks with school managers, averting the city's latest...
Chicago school board OKs borrowing after district makes clear it could run out of money
The Chicago Board of Education unanimously authorized borrowing close to $900 million Wednesday after the district's finance chief warned of "dire" consequences if the school system didn't add to the...
Chicago school board approves new science requirements for HS graduation
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously signed off on a series of changes to high school graduation requirements that make one credit each in biology, chemistry and physics...