Former third grade teacher charged with sexually assaulting students
A former West Chicago elementary school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting students.
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A former West Chicago elementary school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting students.
A middle school teacher in Libertyville, Illinois, is facing child pornography charges for allegedly using artificial intelligence to alter images of local students and create explicit images.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
Educators and union leaders this week remembered a trailblazer for collective bargaining rights in Illinois.
A tutor and substitute teacher was in court on Friday, charged with inappropriately touching a child he was tutoring in Orland Park. He's also been charged with inappropriately touching a student he was teaching in Evergreen Park.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office released Chicago Public School teacher Linda Brown's cause of death after an autopsy Tuesday.
ICE agents detaining a female teacher inside a North Center daycare Wednesday morning, in front of children.
Teachers in the southwest Chicago suburb of Romeoville, Illinois, reached a tentative agreement with Valley View Community School District 365U, but now they are going back to the negotiating table.
The teachers’ union voted down a tentative agreement.
Teachers in several of Chicago's southwest suburbs will not be going on strike, as a tentative deal was reached with the school district.
After negotiating for months, the teachers' union in Romeoville reached a tentative agreement with Valley View Community School District 365U, avoiding a potential strike.
In Romeoville, the teachers could go on strike on Sept. 18 if they fail to reach a deal.
It's a done deal in Naperville. The Naperville 203 Board of Education and its teachers' union have approved a new contract that averted a potential strike.
In a joint statement, the two sides said the tentative deal will avoid a strike, and no classes will be cancelled next week.
A pair of public hearings was held Tuesday as school district leaders grapple with how to close a $734 million budget gap. Charlie De Mar reports.
Students in Naperville went back to school last week, but teachers in Naperville Community Unit School District 203 are threatening to strike if they do not get a new contract. Charlie De Mar reports.
Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs of more than 1,400 district workers, including over 400 teachers, on Friday.
Third-grade teacher Ms. Nancy Tusek is retiring next week, and it turns out her last days on the job are just as newsworthy as her first.
Third grade teacher Ms. Nancy Tusek is retiring next week — and it turns out her last days on the job are just as newsworthy as her first. Noel Brennan reports.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said they have arrested and charged a Grayslake man who teaches in Gurnee for disseminating child pornography.
Dillin Randolph teaches English and Advanced Placement African American studies at Niles West. Elizabeth Dribin-Khoshaba is a special education teacher.
Teacher Appreciation Week is next week, and the chain is looking to celebrate local teachers' hard work in the classroom.
Gómez teaches science in both English and Spanish. He helped develop the school's first bilingual class in chemistry.
A teacher and soccer coach at Downers Gove South High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage student.
In Illinois, teachers can be fired for having sexual relationships with students. But if the student is over 18, they can't be charged criminally. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
