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State asks judge to dismiss CPS lawsuit alleging ‘separate and unequal’ education funding

May 22, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

Attorneys for the state of Illinois asked a judge Friday to dismiss an education funding lawsuit brought by Chicago Public Schools as part of the district's efforts to plug a...

Gary Solomon, left, with his attorney, Shelly Kulwin, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on March 24, 2017, after being sentenced by a federal judge to seven years in prison for his role in a bribery scandal that upended the financially stressed Chicago Public Schools system.

Ex-CPS consultant sentenced to 7 years in prison in bribery scandal

May 22, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

The education consultant cast by prosecutors as the "mastermind" of a bribery scandal that upended Chicago Public Schools and disgraced Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked schools chief was sentenced Friday to...

Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner

May 22, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools' CEO Forrest Claypool lashed back at Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday, saying the governor's recent assertion that Mayor Rahm Emanuel was causing a crisis at the school...

Pedestrians pass the Chicago Public Schools headquarters April 21, 2015, on West Madison Street in Chicago.

CPS makes cuts to alternative programs for drop-outs, at-risk children

May 22, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools cut at least $1.8 million from alternative learning programs for dropouts and at-risk children last week, following an audit of attendance numbers at the privately operated schools...

CPS submits filing to labor board to stop 1-day teachers walkout on May 1

May 22, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has restarted a legal effort to block teachers from staging a one-day walkout after state officials rejected a district request to enforce a ruling that a similar...

Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson addresses the Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 at Chicago Public Schools headquarters in Chicago. Jackson voiced the city's opposition to a plan to make the Chicago Board of Education elected rather than appointed by the mayor.

Chicago Public Schools proposals face rough road in Springfield

June 5, 2018 at 1:45 p.m.

The latest push for an elected Chicago Board of Education sailed through a House committee vote Wednesday despite opposition from current and former district officials who argued the legislation provides...

Gary Solomon, the co-owner of the SUPES Academy and Synesi Associates education consulting companies, pleaded guilty last year to a single count of wire fraud and admitted his role in a scheme to bribe former Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett.

Feds: CPS consultant made millions through ‘corrupt process from beginning to end’

May 22, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

The executive at the center of a federal bribery scandal at Chicago Public Schools helped steer Barbara Byrd-Bennett into the district's top job and manipulated district procedures to secure a...

Aspire Early College Prep English teacher Eleshia Smith leads a chant during a rally outside of Aspira Business and Finance High Schoolon March 9, 2017, in the Avondale community area. Aspira's unionized teachers have threatened to strike on March 17 if a deal on a new contract cannot be reached.

Deal reached for Aspira teachers, averting strike at privately run charter network

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

Teachers at the city's Aspira network of charter schools reached a tentative labor contract agreement with school managers late Thursday evening, averting what union leaders had billed as the nation's...

Students hold up a check for $1 million dollars from Chance the Rapper, right, who holds a press conference at Westcott Elementary School in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on March 6, 2017.

Chance the Rapper names 9 schools getting $10,000 each

May 22, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

Nine schools on the city's South and West sides will each receive $10,000 through a philanthropic effort led by Chance the Rapper, the performer announced on his Twitter feed Thursday....

Chicago Teachers Union threatens 1-day walkout in May

May 22, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday opened the door to a one-day walkout on May Day to bring attention to the "acute crisis" facing city schools, one that Chicago Public...

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