Group Donates $2 Million For Kids Rock Band Classes
Rock band classes for kids are popular these days. One group wants to bring more of them to Chicago schools.
Rock band classes for kids are popular these days. One group wants to bring more of them to Chicago schools.
The cash-strapped CPS said the school year may end on June 1 and summer classes could be canceled if the state doesn’t cough up more money.
A savvy company came in, partnered with city pastors and raked in $50 million in school deals, becoming one of CPS’ biggest vendors.
The staff at the Aspira schools voted in favor of the strike, which would be the first charter school teacher strike in history.
CPS parents directed their anger at Gov. Bruce Rauner for vetoing $215 million and forcing the district to come up with an amended budget.
About 11 percent of the 250 Chicago police officers that patrol the city’s public schools were cited for about 280 misconduct complaints.
The union protested at City Hall on Friday, the first of four furlough days that started this year to save the school district $35 million.
The mayor cites a jump in top-rated schools as proof of progress, but a look behind the grades tells a different, often contradictory tale.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel offered up a specific answer for President Donald Trump who continues to criticize the city’s response to violence.
A Northwest Side alderman got an earful from community members over a proposal to build a new Taft High School campus.