CPS announces incentive program for school principals
Chicago Public Schools has launched an effort to give its best principals more independence in an initiative hinted at by Mayor Rahm Emanuel during the run-up to his re-election. The...
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Official: Chicago charter schools get full CPS payment, not just 15 percent
Chicago's privately run charter schools, told in July they'd initially receive as little as 15 percent of first quarter funding, have now received the full amount from Chicago Public Schools,...
Emanuel proposes $20 million in TIF money for Payton College Prep
A long-planned expansion to Walter Payton College Prep High School would be largely financed with $20 million from tax-increment financing districts under a proposal from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office. The...
Chicago Public Schools to change start times at 82 schools
Chicago Public Schools has changed the bell schedules at 82 schools in a move the district says will save $13.5 million by reducing transportation costs. Under the new schedules released...
Another ratings agency downgrades CPS’ debt to junk status
A second financial ratings agency has downgraded Chicago Public Schools' debt rating to junk status, reinforcing Wall Street's dim view of the district's finances. Fitch Ratings on Monday downgraded billions...
Chicago’s school board authorizes $1.2B in new bonds
Chicago's school board unanimously authorized more than $1 billion in new bonds Wednesday, in part as a hedge against the possibility that state lawmakers won't come through with help for...
CPS stands to lose hundreds of special education positions
Hundreds of teachers and support staff assigned to students with disabilities could be laid off by Chicago Public Schools as the district cuts $200 million to deal with a massive...
Rahm Emanuel tries to get it right on tumultuous schools, again
Chicago Public Schools, a generation ago condemned as the worst in the nation, was hailed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week as "leading the country in urban school systems on...
Chicago Public Schools names top education leader
A Chicago-born product of the city's public schools, Janice Jackson grew up one of five children who were regularly drilled on the importance of education by their parents. "I would...
Emanuel taps Claypool to take over at CPS, sources say
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to soon appoint longtime City Hall troubleshooter Forrest Claypool to head up the embattled Chicago Public Schools, two sources told the baiduhai late Wednesday....