CPS reverses course, will administer controversial test
Faced with the loss of millions of dollars in funding, Chicago Public Schools on Monday said it has dropped plans to spurn a controversial standardized test, a decision quickly followed...
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CPS braces for ‘consequences’ of snubbing state-mandated test
With days remaining before Illinois schools can administer a new state-mandated test, Chicago Public Schools remains in a tight spot over the potential consequences of its decision to spurn the...
Teachers complain about revised CPS discipline policy
Teachers at a West Town school say a revised student discipline code that scales back suspensions and expulsions has left them struggling to deal with unruly students. "There were no...
Chicago voters back a non-binding call for an elected school board
Voters in 37 wards overwhelmingly endorsed an elected Chicago Board of Education, according to preliminary tallies Tuesday, a non-binding outcome that nonetheless promises to stoke a long-running debate over the...
CPS: Dismissal of pregnant teachers was ‘consistent with business necessity’
In its first formal response to a federal discrimination lawsuit, Chicago Public Schools denied the principal of a Northwest Side elementary school targeted pregnant teachers for dismissal and asserted performance...
Chicago Public Schools reconsiders snub of standardized PARCC test
Chicago Public Schools officials are reconsidering their snub of a new, mandatory state exam after being threatened with potentially crippling financial sanctions. CPS testing administrators received a memo earlier this...
CPS financial problems many, mayoral candidate solutions few
Chicago Public Schools faces gaping budget deficits, skyrocketing retirement costs and tough negotiations for a new teachers contract, but the candidates for mayor have offered few solutions on how they'd...
Chicago Teachers Union chief blasts Rauner, says union will not back down
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis pilloried Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday and promised the CTU would not back down from Springfield or City Hall as it prepares demands for...
State threatens to withhold funds from schools that skip Common Core test
A showdown over state testing is intensifying, with the Illinois State Board of Education threatening to yank as much as hundreds of millions of dollars from districts that don't administer...
Chicago school district sells nine pieces of property
Chicago Public Schools has agreed to sell nine properties for a total of slightly less than $2 million. The properties include several South Side parcels and a Printer's Row parking...