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Alaina, 5, and her grandmother Genevieve Billingsley take part in a Virtual Academy class at their home in Chicago on Friday.

CPS expands access to remote learning: ‘For kids who are high risk … this is a very good option’

May 9, 2022 at 7:46 a.m.

For show-and-tell Friday, Genevieve Billingsley handed her granddaughter, Alaina, a green and yellow ukulele. The 5-year-old picked at the strings in front of her iPad as she sat on the...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Indoor masking ‘strongly recommended’ but still optional in Chicago and in schools as COVID-19 numbers climb

May 6, 2022 at 2:59 p.m.

Chicago health officials announced Friday that indoor masking is once again "strongly recommended" — but not required — in the city as the risk of contracting COVID-19 in Cook County...

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, on Feb. 22.

Chicago expected to reach ‘medium’ COVID-19 risk soon; city’s top doctor says mask rules could return if ‘high’ level reached

May 3, 2022 at 7:09 p.m.

Chicago's public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday that she anticipates the city's COVID-19 risk could jump from "low" to "medium" levels as early as Friday, following the raised...

The former principal of Marine Leadership Academy in Chicago has sued the Chicago Board of Education.

Ex-principal who was fired amid sexual misconduct scandal at Marine Leadership Academy sues CPS

May 2, 2022 at 6:32 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the former principal of Marine Leadership Academy, who was fired in November, near the end...

Protesters gather in the Loop in June 2020 to call for the removal of school resource officers from Chicago Public Schools.

School resource officers are under scrutiny again in CPS as dozens of high schools reconsider the controversial police program

April 27, 2022 at 5:38 p.m.

Forty-one high schools will once again evaluate their safety plans and decide by June 15 if they will continue in Chicago Public Schools' controversial school resource officer program. "This is...

People rally outside Zapata Academy in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on April 26, 2022, as they protest a proposed $894,000 cut to the school's budget for the upcoming year.

Little Village school’s teachers decry impact of proposed CPS budget cuts on students. ‘They deserve so much more.’

April 26, 2022 at 10:29 a.m.

Emiliano Zapata Academy teachers and elected officials gathered Tuesday outside the Little Village elementary school to protest a proposed $894,000 cut to the school's budget for the upcoming year. Last...

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Principal Joyce Kenner, on April 25, 2022, has been principal for 27 years and will be retiring once her successor is named.

As Whitney Young High School Principal Joyce Kenner retires after 27 years, the job could be the most sought-after in CPS

April 26, 2022 at 1:03 p.m.

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Principal Joyce Kenner envisions her successor as someone who commits to leading the selective enrollment school for several years, attends most student activities and...

Jones College Prep High School in the South Loop in 2013.

CPS chief declines to dismiss Jones College Prep principal, cites ‘insufficient evidence of misconduct’

April 22, 2022 at 5:59 p.m.

The head of Chicago Public Schools said Friday he will not fire Jones College Prep's principal despite the recommendation of the high school's Local School Council because of "insufficient evidence...

Martha Arevalo of Broadway Medical Center fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Chicago Teachers Union headquarters on Jan. 27, 2022.

Illinois appellate court reinstates CPS requirement that employees must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or test weekly

April 21, 2022 at 11:34 a.m.

An Illinois appellate court on Wednesday sided with Chicago Public Schools in vacating a temporary restraining order that prevented the district from taking employment action against six CPS teachers for...

The Lincoln Park High School Local School Council meets in the school's auditorium on Feb. 13, 2020.

What does a CPS Local School Council do? All your LSC questions answered before the elections this week

April 19, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Local School Councils were created three decades ago to give Chicago parents more control over what happens at their children's public schools. Here is a look at the duties of...

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