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Ronald DeNard, vice president of finance at Chicago Public Schools, is a resident of south suburban Flossmoor. The Chicago Board of Education approved waiving the district's residency requirement to hire him in August 2015 despite the objections of the CPS inspector general.

Chicago schools official gets exemption despite objections from watchdog

May 22, 2019 at 9:02 p.m.

A longtime high-ranking aide to Chicago Public Schools chief Forrest Claypool was granted an exemption from the district's residency requirement over strong objections from the district's watchdog. CPS Inspector General...

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

Teachers’ strike vote set for next week, union says

May 25, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union's 27,000 members will take part in a three-day vote beginning Dec. 9 on whether the union should call a strike, though teachers won't be able to...

Ginger Ostro, at an August meeting of the Chicago Board of Education, is leaving her job as CPS' chief financial officer at the end of the year, officials announced Tuesday.

CPS’ top financial officer leaving for think tank

June 16, 2018 at 10:37 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools' chief financial officer is leaving her post, as the district's new leader has installed his own team to supervise the books. Ginger Ostro will take over for...

Chicago Public Schools plans consolidations, 2 closings

June 16, 2018 at 10:39 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday laid out plans to combine several schools and to close two others: a military program that exists in name only and a building that once...

Blog: Mag Mile marchers protest Laquan McDonald shooting

June 9, 2018 at 4:21 a.m.

Live Blog: Mag Mile marchers protest Laquan McDonald shooting

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

A person is detained by police along North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 27, 2015, during a demonstration billed as a "narch for justice" on Black Friday.

Crowds close stores, march on Mag Mile to protest Laquan McDonald killing

August 18, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

Marchers protesting the killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer took over North Michigan Avenue on Friday at the height of post-Thanksgiving shopping in Chicago's most...

Green silhouettes of children are displayed on the glass windows at the Chicago Public Schools headquarters in April 2015 on West Madison Street.

CPS reverses course on special education cuts, will spend more

June 16, 2018 at 10:44 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Wednesday it will add dozens of teacher and aide positions for students with special needs, a reversal from previously announced cuts to special education. Some district-operated...

The site where Laquan McDonald, 17, was killed on the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road in Chicago. McDonald was shot 16 times by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.

Chicago Public Schools offers lesson plan for Laquan McDonald discussion

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools classrooms are closed until Monday, but district officials want to be ready for fallout from the video showing a police officer shooting Laquan McDonald when students return....

After a hazardous materials incident, several students from Prussing Elementary School on Chicago's Northwest Side leave the school on Oct. 30, 2015.

Chicago school where leak sickened 80 to get new boiler

June 16, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools will install a new boiler at the Northwest Side elementary school where carbon monoxide gas sickened nearly 80 children and adults last month. "Designing, bidding, awarding, manufacturing...

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