Teachers union stages rally while schools chief focuses on Springfield
Chicago Teachers Union leaders exhorted thousands of members gathered for a rally in Grant Park on Monday to confront the city with the threat of a strike in the face...
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Chicago Teachers Union to flex muscle with downtown rally
The Chicago Teachers Union is set to flex its muscles with a rally in Grant Park on Monday designed to energize members and send a message to the city amid...
Emanuel shifts school board vice president to Park District
Mayor Rahm Emanuel made another move in the ongoing revamp of his education team on Friday, shifting the Chicago Board of Education's vice president to a top post at the...
Chicago moves to close 3 charter schools
The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to close three privately run charter schools at the end of the academic year despite objections from some teachers and community members....
CPS to install thousands of carbon monoxide detectors after leak at school
Chicago Public Schools said Wednesday it will install 5,000 additional carbon monoxide detectors in schools after noxious fumes hospitalized nearly 80 children and adults at a Northwest Side school last...
Emanuel and schools chief repeat calls for state help on pensions, funding
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief on Tuesday repeated their call for state lawmakers to ease pension obligations and create a new state education funding formula to rescue the...
Emanuel pulls about-face on CPS police costs
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and top aides diverted more than $58 million away from Chicago Public Schools to help plug a budget hole at City Hall shortly after he took office....
Chicago Teachers Union wants contract talks shift on day of mass rally
The Chicago Teachers Union wants to launch a final stage of contract negotiations later this month, on the same day its members plan to take to downtown streets in a...
Chicago Teachers Union touts result of ‘practice’ strike vote
The Chicago Teachers Union said Monday that its members voted overwhelmingly to support a strike in a practice vote taken last week — but acknowledged that members were responding to...
Chicago Public Schools moves to close 4 South Side charter campuses
Chicago Public Schools is moving to close four privately run charter school campuses on the South Side after this school year because of poor academic performance. The closings would affect...