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CPS Plans To Eliminate Year-Round Calendar Next School Year
Chicago Public Schools officials announced Friday that they plan to move all schools to the same calendar next year, doing away with “year-round” schools, in an effort to make it easier for parents to plan their work and daycare schedules.
CTU President’s ‘Off With Their Heads’ Joke About Rich Drawing Fire
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was drawing fire Tuesday over comments made in a speech last month, after a YouTube video surfaced of her jokingly saying “off with their heads” about the wealthy.
Teachers Union: CPS School Closing Policy Amounts To ‘Educational Apartheid’
The Chicago Teachers Union accused the Chicago Public Schools system of “educational apartheid” on Friday.
School Closing Protesters Arrested At City Hall
Ten people who were arrested Friday night after camping outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Fifth Floor office in City Hall, to call attention to school closings, were released Saturday morning.
CPS To Ask For Extension On Deadline For School Closing List
The head of the Chicago Public School system said Friday that the District needs more time to decide how many schools might have to close next school year, and to get the public involved in making the decisions.
Lewis: Brizard Was Set Up To Fail As CPS Chief Executive
A day after Jean-Claude Brizard stepped down as head of the Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said she thinks Mayor Rahm Emanuel set up Brizard for failure.
Chicago Teachers Vote To Ratify Deal With CPS
The Chicago Teachers Union announced late Wednesday that teachers have voted to ratify a new contract with the Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Teachers Set To Vote On Contract
As teachers in southwest suburban Evergreen Park begin a strike, teachers in the Chicago Public Schools are ready to vote on the new contract that ended their strike last month.
CPS Students To Lose Days Off To Make Up For Teachers’ Strike
Chicago Public Schools students who missed seven days of classes because of the teachers strike will be making up those days.
Emanuel’s TV Ads On Teachers’ Contract Make Bill Daley Change The Channel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has received mixed reviews from two high-profile Chicago politicians for recent TV ads featuring the mayor commenting on the new contract for Chicago Public Schools teachers.
Teachers’ Strike Over, But Both Sides Still Working To Spin The Dispute
About 357,000 Chicago kids were back in their classrooms Wednesday. So were their teachers. But the shock waves from the nine-day teachers’ strike were still being felt, and not only in Chicago.
What Will New Teacher Contract Cost The City?
Now that the teachers’ contract is settled, the big question is how Chicago plans to pay for it.
Students Return To School With Teachers’ Strike Over
Chicago Public Schools students were back in class after seven missed days Wednesday, as the teachers’ strike has come to an end.
Chicago Parents Elated To See Teachers’ Strike Over
If you heard cheering around the city at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, it was probably the sound of hundreds of thousands of parents and their kids hailing the end of the teachers’ strike.
Teachers Union Ends Strike, Classes To Resume Tomorrow
Chicago Public School students will be back in class tomorrow, after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to end its strike this afternoon.
Minister ‘Crucifies’ Granddaughter Over Teachers’ Strike
A Southeast Side minister went to dramatic lengths today to show his frustration with the Chicago teachers’strike.
Union Delegates Meet To Decide Whether To End Teachers’ Strike
Parents and students in the Chicago Public Schools system are in the midst of another anxious day of waiting Tuesday, as the strike continues into its seventh school day — and its ninth overall.
Some Parents Sending Kids To Charter Schools Due To Teachers’ Strike
Public school parents frustrated by the length of the Chicago teachers’ strike are looking for other educational options, and the city’s charter schools have reported a record number of calls.
What’s In The Tentative Agreement For Chicago Teachers
The Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union both have provided their own separate summaries of the tentative contract agreement being weighed by union delegates.
Vitale: ‘Unconscionable’ To Continue Teachers’ Strike After Tentative Deal
Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale said Monday morning it’s “unconscionable” that Chicago Public Schools students are being kept out of class for a 6th day, due to the teachers’ strike, despite a tentative agreement between negotiators for CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union.
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