After weeks of challenges, Chicago school board ballot is nearly set
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners voted to kick off a final school board hopeful from the ballot Tuesday.
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Two fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School: police
A pair of custodians were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on the city's Southwest Side.
Illinois school districts are falling further short of state funding targets
Chicago Public Schools is further away from state funding needed to meet their students’ needs, according to new data from the Illinois State Board of Education.
CPS says schools will open on time but offers few details on reversing layoffs
Chicago Public Schools leaders told families that classes will begin on schedule, but they gave few details about how the district might reverse layoffs.
CPS is counting on $150 million more from Springfield. Will it deliver?
While the Chicago Board of Education agrees that schools need more funding, there’s far less consensus over how to get it.
After divisive debate, Chicago school board passed $9.96 billion budget banking on uncertain state funding
The Chicago Board of Education approved the district’s $9.96 billion budget that anticipates an additional $150 million in state funding.
CPS board weighs budget amendment as district warns of financial risk
Chicago school board members aligned with the Chicago Teachers Union are weighing a budget amendment up the district’s state revenue and avoid cuts.
Speaker Welch pledges to CTU he’ll push for more CPS funding amid scrutiny over handling of harassment claims
It's the latest opportunity the Hillside Democrat has had to court progressive-minded interests as he navigates uncertain support among his own members, many of them progressives, as leader of the...
Milwaukee makes a bid for laid-off Chicago Public Schools teachers
Milwaukee Public Schools is hosting a hiring fair in Lakeview this week targeting laid-off Chicago Public School teachers.
Chicago Public Schools ups tax increment financing dollars in budget by $85 million to avoid furloughs
Chicago Public Schools leaders have upped the district’s projected tax increment financing surplus revenue by $85 million to prevent furloughs.