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Schools Out: Teachers And Students Lending A Hand

With schools closed for in-person classes, many students and professors at home are looking for ways to help.

In WBEZ’s latest Schools Out segment, we bring you a group of educators who are creating protective face shields for health care workers and two University of Chicago Laboratory Schools classmates who are connecting with students around the world.

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Spending plan excludes $175 million pension payment for non-teacher staff, as well as funding for upcoming teachers and principals union contracts.
The program won’t be available for the first day of school in August, CPS says, but some kids could catch buses at some point in the first quarter.
Next year’s spending plan includes saving $220 million through vacancies. The teacher’s union and some parents say it incentivizes the district to leave positions open.
The Northwestern employees were charged with obstructing police, months after the encampment came down. Now the cases have been dismissed.
Northwestern College and the American Academy of Art College shut down this month, leaving hundreds of students in the lurch.