Palatine School Support Staff Threaten To Strike
Come Monday, some 12,000 elementary school students in Northwest suburban Palatine could without nurses, teacher assistants, or clerks.
Come Monday, some 12,000 elementary school students in Northwest suburban Palatine could without nurses, teacher assistants, or clerks.
Increasing numbers of Chicago Public School graduates are enrolling in universities, but that’s not entirely good news.
Community activists and state lawmakers are celebrating a new law that bans mini-police stations in Illinois schools.
The results show that scores are roughly the same as on last year’s test and Chicago still lags behind state and national averages.
The inspector general for the Chicago Public Schools accuses the head of the school system of trying to whitewash an investigation.
An investigation by the Chicago school system’s inspector general finds significant fraud at the school inside the Cook County Jail.
Teachers at Chicago’s largest charter school network are renewing their push to unionize, saying it could help change its strict discipline system.
CPS CEO Forrest Claypool argued that competition fueled progress in Chicago schools.
Under Illinois’ new school funding law, charters could receive an extra $122 million — money that mostly would come from CPS’ coffers.
From dropping student enrollment to a property tax hike, the new school year serves up big challenges for the Chicago Public Schools.