1 In 3 Chicago Public Schools Went Without A Teacher For a Year
WBEZ found a Chicago teacher and substitute shortage doesn’t hit all schools equally. It’s most acute at schools serving black students.
WBEZ found a Chicago teacher and substitute shortage doesn’t hit all schools equally. It’s most acute at schools serving black students.
Chicago Public Schools is struggling with a teacher shortage — and a substitute shortage. See how it affects your school.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledged these hires as a way to improve the public schools. She provided few details for how she’d pay for them.
Chicago schools received 467 complaints of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, with a disproportionate number involving guards.
New training for Chicago school-based police officers urges them to be both officers as well as educators and counselors.
The teachers union says a big dispute is brewing over staffing levels. If it goes unresolved, teachers could strike by September.
After criticism over a proposal dealing only with finances, the mayor said she’s open to upping staffing levels in schools in the contract.
Mayor Lightfoot’s new board met for the first time and did something unheard of: they almost rejected a policy favored by the district.
Most Chicago public schools need extra social work support to meet students’ emotional needs. Outside groups try to fill that void.
Four low-income Chicago teens are getting a free “gap year” abroad after high school. Gap years are more common for wealthier students.