In its report released in early April 1979, the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare said the Chicago Board of Education, contained Black students in segregated Black schools ...

Chicago Public Schools is close to a contract deal with the Chicago Teacher Union, CEO Pedro Martinez told top staff in an email Thursday morning. “Please have an update ready for the full Board ...

The Chicago Board of Education has decided to wait to vote on a budget amendment for the Chicago Public Schools until a contract deal is reached between CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union.

amid a tense standoff between Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, the seven Chicago Board of Education members announced their resignations. Elizabeth Todd-Breland ...

Chicago Public Schools spring break for 2025 began Monday, March 24, according to CPS' calendar. No school continues for students through Monday, March 31, listed as a school improvement day and a ...

Developers are being sought to breathe life into abandoned school buildings across Chicago. Twenty-one Chicago Public Schools properties, mostly school buildings, are up for sale, targeting buyers ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights launched investigations into Chicago Public Schools, the Illinois State Board of Education and Deerfield Public Schools on March 20 for ...

A school in northwest Indiana will be closed ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. Wittington added that though officials ...

1979: The U.S. Office for Civil Rights charged in a 102-page document that the Chicago Board of Education had systematically contained Black students in overcrowded, segregated schools ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share The Board of Education has voted to require the next leader of Chicago Public Schools to be a licensed educator, changing the role from a CEO to a ...

Members of the Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local Two showed their support, with a rally held near a fire house and Whitney Young High School. The firefighters' union president said they too have ...

The union’s full bargaining team and executive board this evening approved the contract terms reached at the bargaining table last week with district leadership. The union has set up a House of ...