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CTU’s Lewis doesn’t press union leadership’s call for Emanuel to step down

May 25, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Friday she doesn't care if Mayor Rahm Emanuel resigns in the wake of the city's police scandal, despite a call by the union's...

Protests, boycott greet Emanuel at MLK breakfast

May 15, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

For 30 years, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast hosted by Chicago's mayor has had a political undercurrent, as politicians from across the city paid tribute to the...

Participants hold signs Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, during a Chicago Teachers Union rally at Butler Field in Grant Park.

CTU, CPS agree to begin final stage of labor talks in February

May 22, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union and the city's school board have agreed to launch a final stage of contract negotiations Feb. 1 if they continue to be unable to reach a...

Elementary teachers who received the lowest scores on job performance evaluations worked in CPS schools with the "highest levels of poverty," according to a report released Tuesday.

Study: Low-scoring teachers tend to work in schools with high poverty rates

June 11, 2018 at 6:42 a.m.

Elementary schoolteachers who scored lowest on Chicago Public Schools' job performance evaluations were more likely to work at schools serving the city's most disadvantaged students, an educational think tank concludes...

State labor board to hear Chicago Teachers Union complaint

May 22, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

A state labor panel said last week that it will hold a hearing later this month on a complaint from the Chicago Teachers Union alleging Chicago Public Schools has failed...

Students at Kelly High School in Chicago walk through the halls at the school on Nov. 20, 2015. The school is facing stiff enrollment competition from nearby charter and open enrollment schools.

Chicago’s neighborhood schools hurting as choice abounds

June 12, 2018 at 3:07 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools students who attend their assigned neighborhood schools are the minority now, as more than half of the district's students choose charter, magnet and other options. The popularity...

CTU President Karen Lewis speaks during a Chicago Teachers Union rally at Butler Field in Grant Park on Nov. 23, 2015.

Chicago Teachers Union calls for Emanuel, Alvarez to resign

May 25, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union has officially added its voice to those calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to step down in light of the...

Former CPS official in charge of charters is named to Chicago school board

June 12, 2018 at 3:07 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed Jaime Guzman, who once supervised Chicago Public Schools' office for privately operated schools, to the Chicago Board of Education. Guzman replaces Jesse Ruiz, who was...

Elite CPS high schools are good enough to cheat for, but district watchdog says more deterrents needed.

Fraud, theft and ‘Three Stooges’ DVD part of CPS annual watchdog report

May 22, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

Families that lie to get their children into Chicago's elite selective-enrollment schools seldom face serious consequences, leaving parents to assume there is "little to be lost by committing fraud to...

Arne Duncan casts a shadow as he makes his last speech as U.S. secretary of education at St. Sabina Catholic Church on Dec. 30, 2015, in Chicago.

Arne Duncan calls for changes to police training

June 16, 2018 at 7:31 a.m.

Departing U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan used the final address of his tenure to call for a "new deal" for youth in Chicago and the nation, but also waded into...

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