Aspira charter teachers authorize a strike
Teachers at the city's Aspira charter schools have voted to authorize a strike, union leaders said Wednesday. "We really don't want to take it that far," said Marines Martinez, an...
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CPS Latino advisory committee members quit over budget cuts
Sixteen members of a Chicago Public Schools advisory committee for Latino students resigned to protest school budget cuts that have landed hard on schools with largely poor and minority populations,...
CPS tells principals not to allow immigration officials in schools without warrant
Amid ongoing tensions over changes to U.S. immigration policy, Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday told principals not to let federal immigration authorities inside district buildings unless they have a criminal...
Federal judge rejects lawsuit demanding elected school board
A federal judge this week rejected an effort by a group of residents and former Gov. Pat Quinn to force the city to adopt an elected school board. In a...
Chicago school board sues state, alleges ‘separate and unequal’ funding
Moving a long-running political battle into the courtroom, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school board sued Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois State Board of Education on Tuesday, accusing the state of...
Critics find multiple targets at CPS budget hearings
While Chicago Public Schools officials have been trading barbs with the state over the district's budget woes, speakers at two public hearings Monday on the district's latest budget plan found...
Chicago Public Schools sets third set of budget hearings after another round of trims
The Chicago Board of Education will host its third set of budget hearings for the 2017 fiscal year on Monday after another revision of its annual spending plan. Officials will...
Republicans cry foul over CPS chief’s letter to parents
Chicago's Republican Party chairman filed an ethics complaint with the Chicago Public Schools inspector general Wednesday alleging district CEO Forrest Claypool improperly used taxpayer resources to deliver a "blatantly political...
Training, screening of police officers assigned to CPS questioned in new report
Chicago police officers assigned to the city's public schools lack proper training, face little accountability and often have been the subject of citizen complaints to the city's police review agency,...
Dueling letters draw CPS parents into battle over funding
The battle between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Public Schools over education funding played out in dueling letters delivered this week to parents of students at the financially troubled district....