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Whitney Young players celebrate after defeating Morgan Park at Chicago State University in Chicago on Feb. 2, 2013. Chicago Public Schools will add sports opportunities for girls at a minimum of 12 high schools for the coming school year as part of a broader settlement with federal investigators who found "significant" gender-based participation gaps in district sports programs.

CPS must add girls sports at 12 high schools to resolve federal probe

August 18, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will increase organized sports opportunities for girls at a minimum of 12 high schools for the coming school year as part of a broader settlement with federal...

CPS tells charter schools to expect only 15 percent of first-quarter payout

May 25, 2019 at 12:59 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools has told its independently operated schools to expect a fraction of their normal payout from the district for the first quarter of this budget year. The city's...

Chicago Teachers Union supporters march in front of City Hall on July 2, 2015, in protest of cuts coming to Chicago Public Schools.

Mayor Emanuel faces tough trek toward ‘grand bargain’ for shoring up CPS

August 18, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces a difficult path in his effort to forge a "grand bargain" to steady Chicago Public Schools finances. He needs broad buy-in from state legislators and the...

CPS set for $200 million in cuts; mayor floats property tax plan

August 18, 2019 at 7:56 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday detailed the fallout he attributes to Chicago Public Schools making good on a $634 million pension payment: 1,050 workers will lose their jobs, 350 vacant...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey, shown June 1, 2015, is pushing back against changes to teacher evaluations sought by Chicago Public Schools.

Teacher evaluations return as sticking point in contract talks

August 18, 2019 at 7:55 p.m.

Teacher evaluations have serious economic implications for the Chicago Teachers Union, which last week said contract talks had reached a stalemate despite an agreement on the broad strokes of a...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, seen earlier in the month, said June 25, 2015, that contract negotiations with the school board have "broken off."

Changes for teachers bring CPS contract talks to a halt

August 18, 2019 at 7:53 p.m.

Proposed changes to how teachers do their jobs and are evaluated led to a breakdown in talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board, officials said Thursday. The...

Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale listens to speakers during the board's monthly meeting at Brooks College Preparatory Academy on June 24, 2015.

Chicago school board approves more than $1 billion in new borrowing

August 18, 2019 at 7:53 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved plans to borrow more than $1 billion in an effort to manage an immediate cash crunch and get through the coming budget...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, seen at a rally in Chicago on June 9, 2015, said the union is close to an agreement with the Chicago Public Schools Board.

Chicago Teachers Union president hints contract agreement ‘this close’

May 22, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Tuesday sounded optimistic about the prospects for reaching agreement with the school board on a new contract. "We are literally this close to...

After House rejects Emanuel-Rauner CPS pension plan, finger-pointing begins

May 15, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.

The Illinois House on Tuesday defeated Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to delay a massive Chicago Public Schools pension payment due at months' end, a result of years of deeply rooted...

Chicago Public Schools is projected to run out of cash as early as this summer, a report by Ernst & Young says.

Cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools set to borrow hundreds of millions

August 18, 2019 at 7:52 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials are set to authorize $200 million of new borrowing to manage a cash crunch through the end of June while also taking out a separate line...

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