The race for City Hall is shifting into high gear with seven weeks left until Election Day, and Lightfoot is looking for all the help she can get. That includes a strategy a former inspector general called “deeply, deeply problematic.”
Strike threats aren’t uncommon at Illinois universities. What’s unusual is the focus on student mental health and how it impacts faculty workloads.
Principals have fought for years to be able to bargain collectively. That bill passed the Senate on Friday after previously passing the House.
The Chicago Public Schools inspector general says there appears to be widespread problems with the way students who stop coming to school are being tracked.
After an investigation found students were enrolled in a JROTC high school class “without any choice in the matter,” CPS ended automatic enrollment.
A mounting body of research shows specific ways students should be taught to read. But many popular lessons aren’t aligned with that science.
Three boys and a girl, 15 to 16 years old, were shot around 2:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of South Laflin Street, police said.
Parents at Francis Parker School have clashing views about the frank content of the sex-ed curriculum discussed in a covertly recorded viral video.
CPS now says the new school will cost about $150 million to build, up from $120 million. The project faces a City Council vote on Wednesday.
Since the pandemic began, Chicago Public Schools has spent more than $300 hundred million on classroom technology. But is that money being used effectively?
