Illinois Policy1d
What you need to know about whether Chicago Teachers Union will strike in April
The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools entered the “fact finding” phase of negotiations in January 2025.
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Chicago restores busing for more magnet school students
The district is growing a pilot program in which some campuses serve as centralized pickup and dropoff locations.
Chicago's first hybrid elected school board meeting focuses on ICE, student safety
The first official elected Chicago school board meeting focused on protecting Chicago Public School students from ICE, and a ...
Are Chicago schools closed today? List of schools that are closed, on e-learning due to cold
The move to e-learning for some schools in the Chicago area comes after more than 100 schools across the city and the suburbs ...
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Chicago Public Schools Launches Long-Awaited Site To Show How Schools Are Doing
The new school accountability dashboards replace the district’s controversial number ratings for schools, which CPS had put ...
Surveillance video shows Secret Service agents being turned away from Chicago school
Surveillance video released by Chicago Public Schools officials in response to a Freedom of Information Act request shows the agents were at the school for about 30 minutes.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson would benefit from CPS contract he’s negotiating
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on leave from Chicago Public Schools while his administration negotiates its new contract. If Johnson were to return to CPS, he would be guaranteed a six-figure job.
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How are Chicago schools responding to increased immigration enforcement? Here are five examples.
In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and ...