Listen to Linda Lutton discussing Wednesday's meeting on Eight Forty-Eight Chicago’s school board voted unanimously late Wednesday to close seven schools and completely re-staff 10 others.
An unfair labor practices complaint filed by the Chicago Teachers Union is moving forward. It challenges the district’s school-by-school push for a longer school day.The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board determined late Thursday that a violation of labor laws may have occurred.
Updated at 5:44 pm on 10/10/11A group of unions and organizations are protesting in downtown Chicago on Monday, but under a new name; they're calling this rally "Take Back Chicago."
The Chicago Teachers Union is rejecting a proposal to immediately lengthen Chicago’s school day.Chicago Public Schools wanted 90 more minutes of class for elementary schools this year, an idea schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard floated on TV this week.
Sacrifice by taxpayers, teachers and students—along with hundreds of millions of dollars pulled from reserve funds—will close a $712 million budget gap at Chicago Public Schools.
President Obama and congressional leaders may be trying to cut the federal budget, but they’ve agreed to pour more than a half-billion dollars of new funds into Race to the Top, the president’s signature education program.
