Chicago Schools Need Repairs, Yet CPS Money Goes To New Construction
Despite leaky roofs and broken boilers, CPS under Mayor Emanuel spends more on new construction and upgrades than on repairs.
Despite leaky roofs and broken boilers, CPS under Mayor Emanuel spends more on new construction and upgrades than on repairs.
Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general calls on the school district to end free preschool for students from the richest area in the city.
UChicago research finds students from 50 schools that were closed in 2013 aren’t better off academically now, despite promises otherwise.
A state-appointed monitor will oversee special education in Chicago after a state inquiry finds changes to the program violated federal law.
A new school is going up, but CPS won’t say who it will serve. The final decision is bound up in questions of race and city priorities.
The state wants a monitor to oversee special education in Chicago Public Schools after finding recent reforms violated federal law.
In a new survey, parents and teachers say disabled Chicago students aren’t getting needed supports that are legally guaranteed.
Unionized teachers at Chicago charters align their contracts to gain leverage, a move a charter leader calls a “political power grab.”
CPS leaders promised to quickly deal with dirty schools across the city. But a first effort at cleanup left a South Side school in disarray.
Schools in tough areas often struggle to recruit enough good teachers. Chicago Public Schools is aiming to get ahead of the problem.