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Gary Solomon, co-owner of SUPES Academy, shown in 2015, pleaded guilty Oct. 18, 2016, to a single federal count of wire fraud.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett co-defendants plead not guilty in kickback scheme

May 22, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

An education consultant with long ties to the Emanuel administration pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he promised Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett hundreds of thousands of dollars in...

Thomas Vranas, center, co-owner of SUPES Academy, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct., 14, 2015. He pleaded not guilty to charges related to an alleged bribery scheme at Chicago Public Schools.

Byrd-Bennett co-defendants plead not guilty in kickback scheme

May 22, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

An education consultant with long ties to the Emanuel administration pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he promised Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett hundreds of thousands of dollars in...

Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chicago Public Schools CEO, listens as Mayor Rahm Emanuel gives a campaign speech focusing on education at the Chicago Cultural Center on Jan. 8, 2015.

Ex-CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett pleads guilty, tearfully apologizes to students

August 19, 2019 at 12:16 a.m.

As she took over as chief of the Chicago Public Schools three years ago, Barbara Byrd-Bennett was touted as an experienced administrator who was going to help the Emanuel administration...

Ex-CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett pleads guilty, tearfully apologizes to students

May 22, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

As she rocketed to the top of the Chicago Public Schools three years ago, Barbara Byrd-Bennett was touted as an experienced administrator who was going to help the Emanuel administration...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a 2014 announcement with Chicago Public Schools' then-CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett behind him. Emanuel's office reiterated his support for "professional development for school leaders" on Oct. 9, 2015, a day after Byrd-Bennett was indicted on charges of accepting kickbacks related to leadership training programs.

Emanuel supports principal training amid CPS scandal fallout

August 19, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office reiterated his support for "professional development for school leaders" a day after his former schools chief was indicted on charges she steered contracts for training to...

Former Chicago Public Schools chief to plead guilty to bribery scheme

May 22, 2019 at 8:47 p.m.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett had been the chief executive of Chicago Public Schools less than two months when the man who helped persuade the Emanuel administration to give her the job sent...

Chicago Teachers Union president running for re-election

May 22, 2019 at 8:46 p.m.

Karen Lewis, whose bid to challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel was derailed by a cancer diagnosis a year ago, will run for re-election as president of the Chicago Teachers Union in...

Wells Community Academy High School in West Town fell 90 students below CPS enrollment projections and it stands to lose $900,000.

Chicago schools with enrollment declines face major budget cuts

August 19, 2019 at 12:12 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools expected 2,166 students at Schurz High School in the Old Irving Park neighborhood this year. But 156 of those students didn't show up and now, a month...

King College Prep students at their graduation ceremony at Chicago State University on June 9, 2015. First lady Michelle Obama gave the commencement address.

Chicago Public Schools downgrades four years of inflated graduation rates

August 18, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools lowered four years of inflated high school graduation rates to account for a higher-than-advertised dropout rate, another blow to a district beset by financial and professional turmoil....

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool called learning plans for special needs students "sacrosanct" in the face of efforts to reduce special education costs.

CPS says special education cuts will be reviewed

August 18, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool promised the district will comply with learning plans for special needs students, which he called "sacrosanct," in the face of ongoing efforts to reduce...

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