Task force report critical of CPS
A legislative task force looking into school actions including closures issued a report Tuesday critical of Chicago Public Schools' 10-year facilities master plan and the district's decision last year to...
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Task force report critical of CPS
A legislative task force looking into school actions including closures issued a report Tuesday critical of Chicago Public Schools' 10-year facilities master plan and the district's decision last year to...
CPS easing up on discipline policy
As part of ongoing efforts to find alternatives to harsh discipline, CPS plans to stop suspending students for using cellphones in class, prohibit almost all suspensions in prekindergarten through second...
CPS watchdog leaving his post
The top watchdog at Chicago Public Schools, who was responsible for uncovering misdeeds by two school board presidents and dozens of school officials, will leave his post at the end...
Students who made anti-Semitic remarks barred from graduation ceremonies
After repeated demands that anti-Semitic remarks by Ogden International School students against a fellow eighth-grader be labeled a hate crime, a Chicago Public Schools official stopped short of characterizing the...
Chicago school responds to anti-Semitic bullying
Chicago Public Schools has found itself in the middle of a controversy over its handling of anti-Semitic bullying of an eighth-grade boy by other students at Ogden International School on...
3 West Side schools picked for “Turnaround Arts” program
Chicago will be among the cities added to a national arts initiative aimed at improving academically failing schools, a program funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education and...
Principal says Emanuel administration stifles dissent
A North Side grammar school principal touched a nerve with colleagues and created a fresh political wrinkle for Mayor Rahm Emanuel with an op-ed article laying bare what he says...
Principal says Emanuel administration stifles dissent
A North Side grammar school principal touched a nerve with colleagues and created a fresh political wrinkle for Mayor Rahm Emanuel with an op-ed article laying bare what he says...
Teachers union boss: Contract talks likely to extend into mayoral campaign
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis made clear Monday that the union is not likely to agree to an extension of a three-year contract signed after a seven-day strike in...