Teachers at Aspira charter schools set strike date
Unionized teachers at the city's Aspira charter school network said Tuesday they will walk off the job late next week if they can't reach a deal on a new contract....
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Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’
Hours after Gov. Bruce Rauner offered two options to provide $215 million to Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper cut the district a $1 million check that the Grammy-winning musician...
Rauner floats two new CPS ideas hours before Chance the Rapper news conference
Gov. Bruce Rauner's office says there are two ways to find $215 million to help the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools, but both paths require action from lawmakers at a time...
Noble charter school teachers take a step toward forming a union
Teachers at the Noble Network of Charter Schools, whose schools include one with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's name on it, are taking the first steps to unionize. "We want a...
Chicago school board sued by mother of boy who drowned
A special education student who drowned in a Southwest Side high school's swimming pool earlier this year did not know how to swim and was left unsupervised by a lifeguard...
State to file response to CPS lawsuit against Rauner by end of month
The Chicago school board's lawsuit against Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state of Illinois over education funding faces "serious problems getting off the ground as a matter of law," an...
Federal prosecutors seek 9 years for SUPES owner who bribed, defrauded CPS
Gary Solomon, a key conspirator in the federal bribery scandal that brought down former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, was "the mastermind of the corrupt arrangement" and should be...
Charters indicate plans to open 20 new Chicago campuses
Seventeen charter school operators have started the application process to open as many as 20 new campuses within Chicago Public Schools. The letters of intent submitted last week don't bind...
CPS says shorter school year possible if no favorable ruling in funding suit
Chicago Public Schools upped the stakes of its legal challenge to state education funding on Monday, warning that the school year could end nearly three weeks early and summer school...
Chicago Public Schools restores $15 million from spending freeze to hardest-hit schools
Chicago Public Schools will refund $15 million to schools hardest-hit by a recent spending freeze, a move that deepens the district's budget gap and blunts criticism that cuts disproportionately affected...