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Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale, who will lead the board as it responds to its current financial crisis, masterminded a borrowing strategy in the early 2000s that could force the district to come up with $228 million in penalty payments it hadn't expected.

Chicago Public Schools faces cash crunch now, possible crisis in the fall

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

This month's scramble by Chicago school officials to find enough cash to pay the bills is the result of "an appalling situation" years in the making — a cascading financial...

Elizabeth Dozier, principal of Christian Fenger Academy High School, listens to a student in her office in a scene from CNN's documentary series "Chicagoland."

Acclaimed Fenger High principal and ‘Chicagoland’ star to leave CPS in July

May 22, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools Principal Elizabeth Dozier — who has led Christian Fenger Academy High School in Roseland since 2009 — will leave the school district in July, officials said Thursday....

Activists gather June 16, 2014, to protest the planned closure of Dyett High School.

3 groups to present plans for Dyett High School campus

May 22, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

Three community groups will pitch their visions for the Dyett High School campus on the South Side at a public hearing Wednesday. The proposals for Dyett, which is closing after...

Noble Charter School students cheer during a rally to urge the Chicago Public Schools not to '"raid" the budget for charter schools to pay for the contract that recently ended the Chicago teachers' strike at the UIC Forum Oct., 2, 2012. The charter network has decided to abandon plans to open a campus in the Uptown area next school year

Noble charter drops plans for Uptown campus

August 18, 2019 at 7:48 p.m.

After encountering a growing chorus of community opposition, the Noble Network of Charter Schools has abandoned plans to open a campus in the Uptown area next school year, officials said...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks during a rally in downtown Chicago on June 9, 2015.

Chicago Teachers Union marches in Loop, slams CPS as ‘broke on purpose’

August 18, 2019 at 7:47 p.m.

Thousands of Chicago Teachers Union members and their supporters blocked a downtown stretch of LaSalle Street early Tuesday evening, staging a show of force amid an intensifying contract battle. "You...

Chicago Teachers Union marches in Loop, demands ‘Fair contract now’

August 18, 2019 at 7:47 p.m.

Thousands of Chicago public school teachers and their backers marched down LaSalle Street early Tuesday evening, chanting "Fair contract now" after hearing speeches from union leaders. "I hope the city...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey said June 8, 2015, that there is still much to discuss before teachers take a strike authorization vote.

Chicago Teachers Union plans rally amid contract talks

August 18, 2019 at 7:46 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union's scheduled rally Tuesday outside the Thompson Center is intended as a public display of power as bargaining teams continue to work on a new contract. The...

Emanuel names new CPS board members

May 25, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

With his hand-picked school board rocked by a federal investigation into a no-bid contract it gave out and beset by a $1 billion-plus budget deficit, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has selected...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces another tough call on selection of CPS leader

August 18, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is now shopping for his third full-time Chicago Public Schools CEO in four years, and finding a capable and willing match for a system beset by deep...

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.

CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett resigns amid federal criminal investigation

May 25, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett has resigned as chief executive of Chicago Public Schools amid a federal investigation into a $20.5 million no-bid contract. In a letter dated last week, Byrd-Bennett said she...

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