CPS Screening Process Discriminated Against Black Candidates
Chicago Public Schools have stopped using a screening process after a WBEZ investigation.
Chicago Public Schools have stopped using a screening process after a WBEZ investigation.
Charter school parents want their schools to be left out of the contract fight between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district.
A Chicago teacher on the union bargaining team is “cautiously optimistic” a deal will be reached before Tuesday’s strike date.
Pat Quinn and activists claim that the rights of Chicago citizens are violated when the mayor appoints the city’s school board.
District officials said enrollment declines are driving the decision to lay off 140 teachers and 100 support staff.
A day after the Chicago teachers set a strike date of October 11, one dad has mixed reactions to the prospect of a strike.
Teachers in the nation’s third largest school district plan to strike Oct. 11 if they do not reach an agreement with the board of education.
CPS is stepping back from one of its new policies—ending transportation for special education preschoolers.
Ald. Matt O’Shea criticized parents for bringing up race when talking about his plan to reorganize schools in his Far Southwest Side ward.
The Chicago Teachers Union seems to be making moves toward its second strike under Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A strike authorization vote ends on Friday. Next week, the union has called an emergency meeting. Union members are being asked to pass out fliers to parents to let them know what the issues are between the union and the school district. Meanwhile, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools insist that they are offering union members a fair deal.