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About 260 district-run schools face budget cuts because fewer students were enrolled on the 10th day of classes than projected, while about 240 schools will get more money because of enrollment gains, Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday.

About 260 Chicago Public Schools lose money due to enrollment losses

August 18, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

About 260 district-run schools face budget cuts because fewer students were enrolled on the 10th day of classes than projected, while about 240 schools will get more money because of...

Hunger striker Jitu Brown, shown Sept. 4, 2015, says Chicago Public Schools' proposal for reopening Dyett High School shows the district doesn't respect the community's voice. "Bronzeville is not satisfied," he said. "We did not ask for an arts center."

Principal for new Dyett High School reprimanded in previous job

August 18, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Thursday named a principal for the new Dyett High School, selecting an administrator who was reprimanded last year during an investigation into the theft of more...

U. of C. report: Broad race-based disparities persist in CPS discipline

August 18, 2019 at 10:29 p.m.

A new report on discipline in Chicago Public Schools found that nearly one-third of students with a documented history of abuse or neglect faced suspensions during the 2013-2014 school year,...

Participants in a hunger strike pray Sept. 4, 2015, after responding to the city's proposal for Dyett High School in Chicago.

Hunger strike ends; Dyett protesters want elected school board

August 18, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

Activists on Monday formally declared an end to a weekslong hunger strike mounted in an effort to pressure the city into reopening a South Side high school, and said they...

Dyett High School hunger strike ends

August 18, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

A group of residents staging a hunger strike to pressure Chicago Public Schools into reopening the former Dyett High School on the city's Southeast Side have ended their effort Saturday,...

CPS chief administrator Tim Cawley, right, speaks to the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund board at a special meeting July 1, 2015. Jesse Ruiz, interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools, is at left.

Top CPS exec out as Claypool reshapes leadership team

May 15, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

A top Chicago Public Schools executive is leaving his post as new district CEO Forrest Claypool shapes his leadership team. Out is Tim Cawley, CPS' chief administrative officer and a...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool, seen here on Sept. 3, 2015, said layoff notices will go out by Thanksgiving if the state doesn't provide budget help.

Claypool: CPS layoff notices loom by Thanksgiving with no state help

August 18, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will need to start sending out layoff notices by Thanksgiving if a state financial bailout doesn't materialize, district CEO Forrest Claypool acknowledged Friday. "We can't wait forever...

A sausage pie from Connie's Pizza at Daley Plaza.

Cash-strapped CPS spent millions on pizza, subs

May 15, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools spent millions of dollars to bring in food and beverages from area restaurants and catering companies, including more than $500,000 since July, and now the district says...

At CPS, Forrest Claypool's chief assignment is to address a deficit the district pegs at $1.1 billion and get the schools' finances straightened out.

Chicago school year starts with more uncertainty than usual

May 22, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Students and teachers start classes at Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday facing a year filled with even more uncertainty than usual for the perennially troubled district. The budget supporting the...

Police escort protesters away from elevators at City Hall on Sept. 3, 2015, after several of them blocked access as part of a bid to wrest an agreement from the city on the future of Dyett High School.

CPS says Dyett to reopen as arts school; hunger strikers not appeased

May 15, 2019 at 2:56 p.m.

Under pressure from a hunger strike and protests that forced Mayor Rahm Emanuel off the stage during a public hearing this week, Chicago Public Schools on Thursday said it will...

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