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Voting underway Thursday by CPS teachers, CTU members on tentative contract
A new contract is now in the hands of Chicago Public School teachers. Voting begins Thursday morning on a tentative contract ...
Pedro Martinez, fired CEO leader of Chicago Public Schools, will be Mass. K-12 school commissioner
Martinez also served as a superintendent in Nevada and San Antonio, as well as a chief financial officer for Chicago Public ...
Editorial: Chicago Teachers Union ‘won’ what was long on the table. Financial strife abides.
In the end, the Chicago Teachers Union accepted a collective-bargaining deal that essentially had been on the table for ...
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Chicago Public Schools starts work on its capital budget as $3 billion in ‘critical’ repairs loom
Maintaining CPS’s 520 campuses and other facilities is no small task: The average age of CPS’ roughly 800 buildings is more than 85 years, and dozens of schools were built before 1900. Chicago’s ...
Chicago Teachers Union members to begin voting on tentative deal with Chicago Public Schools
Voting begins Thursday on the tentative agreement between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools.Union members will vote on the contract in person at schools and select locations ...
How we captured this photo after a Chicago Public Schools news conference
(From left) Jose Alfredo Pacheco Gonzalez and his brother Jose Gregorio Gonzalez hold hands during a news conference at the Resurrection Project in Pilsen, hours after Jose Gregorio Gonzalez was ...