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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.
El deporte y el juego complementan el aprendizaje en los salones de clase. Las escuelas no deberían tener que recortarlos a causa del déficit de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago.
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.
Fourth grader Arianna Curry and several other grade-schoolers gathered Wednesday morning to taste test potential school menu items at Arnold Mireles Academy in South Chicago.
Tom Rezek’s legacy at St. Laurence High School in Burbank will endure long after his passing, says a former student and current school administrator.
Sports and play complement classroom learning. Schools shouldn’t have to cut back on them because of a Chicago Public Schools deficit.
Test-in schools are known as “elite,” but neighborhood schools such as Lake View and Kenwood Academy have a lot to offer.
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.
A new drug developed by UIC researchers would prevent protein production and disrupt DNA function, making drug resistance nearly impossible.
CPS made a mistake when it put temporary federal pandemic aid into its permanent spending base. Now, the money’s running out. A bailout seems unlikely.
The Northwestern employees were charged with obstructing police, months after the encampment came down. Now the cases have been dismissed.
Few people realize what a wide range of career and technical education programs the Chicago Public Schools offers, says guest columnist Lashaunta Moore, who learned broadcast media skills at Percy L. Julian High School in Washington Heights.
The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union explains why CTU and CPS should partner to get federal money for climate-friendly schools and fix widespread problems with lead paint, asbestos, broken-down heating and cooling systems and more.
Más de 30 grupos organizaron el “Downtown Day”, que ofrece la entrada gratuita a varias atracciones —como el Shedd Aquarium y el Art Institute— a jóvenes que no suelen salir de sus vecindarios para explorar la riqueza de la ciudad.
When school systems are effective, they have a powerful role in shaping cities for the better. In November, Chicagoans have a chance to show up for our public schools.
More than 30 groups organize Downtown Day, offering free admission to several attractions — such as the Shedd Aquarium and the Art Institute — for young people who don’t often leave their neighborhoods to explore the city’s richness.
The tension around taking on debt and the pension payment was the crux of a month-long delay of the school system’s budget proposal, which came out Wednesday.
Jurors convicted Raekwon Drake of second-degree murder, rejecting a more serious first-degree murder charge after the defense said Drake ‘was acting under a sudden and intense passion due to being seriously provoked.’
For 50 years, Mrs. Duncan ran Sue Duncan Children’s Center, an after-school program serving kids on the South Side. ‘She really felt that education was a way to ameliorate the injustices in society,’ her daughter said.
