Deal Reached In Acero Charter School Strike
The strike, which started Tuesday, is officially over meaning that 500 school employees at 15 Acero charter schools will be back to work.
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The strike, which started Tuesday, is officially over meaning that 500 school employees at 15 Acero charter schools will be back to work.
Chicago (CBS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union says they have reached a tentative agreement with UNO/Acero Charter Schools' management, potentially ending the nation's first ever charter school strike.
Parents and students want their voices heard over a decision to convert a South Loop elementary school into a high school.
Chicago Public Schools announced Wednesday that eight additional schools will offer Dual Language programming in the 2019-2020 school year.
Dangerously cold temperatures are moving in, and students at 20 Chicago Public Schools are still waiting to hear if their schools will have power restored in time for the start of the school day on Tuesday.
Twenty Chicago Public Schools lost power Monday and the school community is concerned about the lack of warning.
The Chicago Public Schools will be open Monday, according to CEO Janice Jackson.
Christopher Thomas, 39, appeared in court Wednesday afternoon.
Drug deals every step of the way. How could this happen on a street that's always under the watchful eye of Chicago police? On a street designated as a Safe Passage for Chicago school kids?
A Jewish student at Oscar Mayer Magnet School found a Nazi swastika marked on their locker this week, along with "other derogatory symbols," and school officials said it was just the latest in a string of troubling acts of bullying and cultural insensitivity.
A parent is outraged and wants answers from Chicago Public Schools officials after her 7-year old daughter--who has down syndrome-- escaped her school in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood Monday afternoon and walked into a stranger's home.
Kristi Sims, 28, has been charged with one count of aggravated computer tampering, and four counts of identity theft.
When Chicago Public Schools fired an employee recently, she left her job with more than just her final paycheck.
Plans to expand a Chicago Public School in the Lincoln Square neighborhood have hit a roadblock after some neighbors are fighting to keep a piece of the community threatened by the project at Waters School.
Chance the Rapper surprised Chicago rideshare customers as he took a spin around the city as a Lyft driver.
A 22-year-old man was shot and killed along a Chicago Public School's safe passage route on the Chicago's southeast side on Wednesday.
Chance the Rapper says he's donating $1 million to help improve mental health services in Chicago.
As CPS faces a growing sex abuse scandal, a mother says her son with special needs was sexually assaulted in a school bathroom by a fellow student.
Federal officials are withholding millions of dollars in grant money from Chicago Public Schools following allegations that the district failed to protect students from sexual violence.
The deputy inspector general for public safety is concerned about what he calls "a disconnect" between Chicago police and Chicago schools.
Chicago's Hyde Park Academy will be getting a multi-million dollar makeover.
There was a big breakfast for everyone and they got to listen to music provided by a DJ.
Many regular teachers are not teaching students because their background checks have not yet been cleared.
Today kicks off the first day of school for hundreds of thousands of students in Chicago Public Schools, and with the start of the new school year comes new changes.
More than 260 CPS employees will not be tending to their positions at Chicago Public Schools for the start of the new school year on Tuesday because their background checks were not cleared.
