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Children arrive to Daniel Boone Elementary in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood on Feb. 24, 2022.

Chicago’s Daniel Boone School seeks a new name because he’s a ‘historically egregious figure’

March 16, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Daniel Boone Elementary will likely bear a different name when the West Ridge school marks its 100th anniversary in a few years. Boone's Local School Council decided in January to...

Theodore Roosevelt High School in Albany Park where Chicago Public Schools opened a COVID-19 vaccination site for employees on March 17, 2021.

Chicago Public Schools defends its vaccine mandate for teachers in court amid separate fight with union over the end of the mask rule

March 15, 2022 at 8:14 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools defended its COVID-19 policies in a downstate courtroom Tuesday as six CPS teachers try again to prevent the district from requiring them to provide proof of COVID-19...

John Rodriguez drops off his preschool daughter, Saoirse, Monday at Blair Early Childhood Center, run by Chicago Public Schools. He welcomed the mask rule change and said he was skeptical that masks provided much protection.

Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

March 14, 2022 at 5:01 p.m.

Most kids wore face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff. The school —...

Whitney Young Magnet High School, shown in 2020, is one of the selective enrollment high schools in Chicago Public Schools.

Can selective enrollment in Chicago Public Schools be fairer? Proposed changes aim to make admissions more equitable: ‘It’s a touchy subject’

March 11, 2022 at 3:45 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools is asking for feedback on two proposals that would alter the selective enrollment admissions process in a way the district says would ensure low-income students have a...

Whitney Young Magnet High School, fotografiada en 2020, es una de las secundarias de inscripción selectiva en las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago.

¿Puede ser más justa la inscripción selectiva en CPS? Proponen cambios para que el proceso sea más equitativo

March 11, 2022 at 2:34 p.m.

Las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago solicitan comentarios sobre dos propuestas que alterarían el proceso de inscripción selectiva de una manera que, según el distrito, garantizaría que los estudiantes de bajos...

A Chicago Public Schools employee receives a COVID-19 vaccination at Chicago Vocational Career Academy in 2021.

As Chicago Public Schools’ mask rule is about to end, employees mount new legal challenge to COVID-19 vaccine mandate for staff

March 11, 2022 at 11:50 a.m.

Six Chicago Public Schools teachers are once again challenging the district's rules requiring employees receive the COVID-19 vaccination or undergo weekly testing. The six women are "suffering continuing harm in...

The principal of Jones College Prep High School, shown in 2013, has been in the job for 13 years.

Jones College Prep principal recommended for dismissal after contentious Local School Council vote

March 9, 2022 at 5:31 p.m.

The Jones College Prep Local School Council voted early Wednesday morning to direct the head of Chicago Public Schools to initiate dismissal proceedings against Principal P. Joseph Powers after hours...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez talks to reporters at Mount Greenwood Elementary School in Chicago on March 3, 2022.

Chicago teachers ‘pissed off and exhausted’ over mask mandate lifting, but CPS vows to work with union to avoid another work stoppage

March 8, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

The head of Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday he does not anticipate a teacher work stoppage from the upcoming removal of the districtwide mask mandate, even as the Chicago Teachers...

Students leave Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School in Chicago at the end of the school day on Monday. Chicago Public Schools plans to end its COVID-19 mask mandate on March 14.

Chicago Public Schools to drop mask mandate March 14; teachers union vows to fight the change without collective bargaining

March 7, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools announced Monday masks will be optional for staff and students at schools and on school buses beginning March 14, setting up another showdown with the Chicago Teachers...

Former WTMX radio host Melissa McGurren’s $10 million defamation suit dismissed

September 20, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.

A federal judge has dismissed Chicago radio host Melissa McGurren's defamation lawsuit against her former employer, Hubbard Radio Chicago, whom she alleged falsely branded her a liar while responding to...

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