CPS students walk out of class in Little Village to protest immigration enforcement
Hundreds of students from Little Village Lawndale High School staged a walkout and protest march opposing Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.
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Hundreds of students from Little Village Lawndale High School staged a walkout and protest march opposing Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.
Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers gathered outside the Chicago Board of Education downtown Monday morning.
UNITE HERE Local 1 said the lunchroom workers have been without a contract for more than four months.
A large presence of federal agents on Chicago's North and Northwest Sides Friday sent people onto the streets and schools into soft lockdowns. Agents dropped tear gas canisters on a residential street in Lakeview.
Federal agents detained a teenager who was on his way to school Thursday morning when he got a rapid response call for immigration actions in Little Village.
A Chicago Public Schools security guard has been charged with sexually assaulting two high school girls between 2018 and 2021.
ChiArts, one of Chicago's most prestigious performing art schools, it at risk of closing and being turned over to Chicago Public Schools due to funding shortfalls.
ChiArts, one of Chicago's most prestigious performing art schools, it at risk of closing and being turned over to Chicago Public Schools due to funding shortfalls.
A former Chicago Public Schools student who was sexually assaulted by a school security guard is receiving a $2 million dollar settlement from the school district.
Chicago Public Schools is working to see if it can keep its magnet school programs that were supposed to be funded with a federal grant after the Trump administration pulled the money.
Chicago Public Schools is working to see if it can keep its magnet school programs that were supposed to be funded with a federal grant after the Trump administration pulled the money.
A complaint earlier this year claimed CPS was using the Black Students Success program to discriminate on the basis of race.
The White House is threatening to withhold federal dollars over the Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success plan, claiming it is discriminatory and violates the Civil Rights Act, and also over the district’s guidelines for transgender students. Mila Koumpilova, a senior reporter for Chalkbeat Chicago, joins Dana Kozlov with analysis.
The Chicago Public Schools system is currently facing a major fiscal deficit, with the latest budget proposal cutting some staffing. On Thursday, board members will speak about the problems with staffing for special education.
The former Lincoln Park High School principal and assistant principal who were abruptly fired in 2020 and placed on the "do not hire" list have reached a settlement with the Chicago Board of Education.
The final vote was 12 in favor, seven opposed, and one abstaining in the vote on the district's plan for closing a $734 million budget shortfall.
Just a few hours before the deadline Thursday night, the Chicago Public Schools passed a budget plan in a late vote. Charlie De Mar reports.
Five Chicago schools had reason to celebrate Thursday, all thanks to grant money and a Grammy Award-winning artist.
Five Chicago schools had reason to celebrate Thursday, all thanks to grant money and a Grammy-award winning artist. Noel Brennan reports.
The school board was required by law to approve a budget for this fiscal year by the end of the day on Thursday. Sabrina Franza reports.
With the school district at odds with the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies on which budget plan to pass, there has been no shortage of last-minute lobbying and jockeying.
Chicago school board members are expected to vote on the budget. Interim CPS CEO Dr. Macquline King joined Dana Kozlov.
The Chicago Public Schools budget has been a contentious issue for months, and it is now coming down to the end — with the Chicago Board of Education required to pass a spending plan by the end of the week. Charlie De Mar reports.
The union said schools need a budget that provides a quality school day and plans for the unpredictable.
The Chicago Teachers Union will hold a news conference to demand the state help with the Chicago Public Schools budget shortfall, which is over $700 million.
