Maddie Ellis

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, gives an update on schools and COVID-19 at City Hall in Chicago on Jan. 4, 2022.

Top public health official predicts Chicago will move back into medium risk level for COVID-19 this winter

October 28, 2022 at 2:10 p.m.

Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health, predicted Friday that Chicago will move back into a medium COVID-19 risk level in the coming weeks. She...

Students arrive for the first day of classes of the new school year at Back of the Yards High School in August.

CPS sees record graduation rates, but pandemic-era declines in math and reading proficiency are ‘sobering’

October 27, 2022 at 5:31 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools leaders, students and faculty gathered at Gage Park High School early this week to celebrate the district's record 82.9% four-year graduation rate. In addition, the district boasted...

Daniel Boone Elementary School in 2021. The Chicago Board of Education voted to rename it Mosaic School of Fine Arts.

Chicago’s Daniel Boone Elementary will get a new name after school rejects slaveholder moniker

October 27, 2022 at 2:52 p.m.

Daniel Boone Elementary is the latest Chicago school to change its name to remove a reference to a historically "egregious" figure. The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously to authorize...

Students walk the halls at Urban Prep Academy's Englewood campus Tuesday.

Chicago Board of Education revokes Urban Prep Academies’ charter for Bronzeville and Englewood campuses; CPS takeover planned over objections

October 26, 2022 at 6:33 p.m.

Two Urban Prep Academy campuses are set to be taken over by Chicago Public Schools after the Board of Education voted Wednesday not to renew their charters, despite strong objections...

Urban Prep founder and then-CEO Tim King speaks at an event at Urban Prep offices in Chicago in 2016. He says in legal action he was forced to resign following an internal investigation riddled with errors.

Urban Prep high schools in Chicago at risk of losing their charters as CPS threatens takeover

October 25, 2022 at 8:08 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on whether to revoke the charters for two campuses of Urban Prep Academy — an institution lauded for getting all of its...

Picket signs are collected before Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 members and supporters head inside to attend a City Colleges of Chicago board meeting Oct. 6, where the union announced it had authorized a strike.

City Colleges of Chicago union says it will strike next week without a new contract

October 25, 2022 at 5:49 p.m.

The faculty and staff of City Colleges of Chicago will walk off the job next week if they don't secure a new contract, their union said Tuesday. Leaders of the...

Members and supporters of the Cook County College Teachers Union rally outside Harold Washington College Oct. 6 before a meeting of the board of trustees, where it was announced that union members voted to authorize a strike amid contract negotiation disputes.

City Colleges of Chicago teachers union prepares to set strike date for faculty and staff who are still without a contract agreement

October 23, 2022 at 1:15 p.m.

The union for City Colleges of Chicago faculty and professional staff are poised to set a strike date this week after authorizing a walkout earlier this month. The Cook County...

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