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Chicago school board overturns firing of CPS worker accused of threats, harassment
For the first time in a decade, the Chicago Board of Education bucks tradition and overrules firing an employee with a long ...
Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges team up with UIC to help students get 4-year degrees
Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago are partnering with the University of Illinois - Chicago to help fast ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 that could mean big changes for Chicago Public Schools. The contract could ...
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 ...
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 ...