Chicago Public School District 299
Recent News About Chicago Public School District 299
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2024: Chicago Public School District 299 administrators rank 285th highest in state for average salary
Administrators in Chicago Public School District 299 earn an average of $118,951 per year, ranking 285th highest in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Did Chicago Public School District 299 students fail or pass their 2023-24 ELA tests?
In the 2023-24 school year, 69.6% of Chicago Public School District 299 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Chicago Public School District 299: How many students failed math test in 2023-24 school year?
In the 2023-24 school year, 81.7% of Chicago Public School District 299 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Chicago Public School District 299: How many students met or exceeded expectations in Math in 2023-24 school year?
In the 2023-24 school year, 18.3% of the students in Chicago Public School District 299 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Did Chicago Public School District 299 students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year ELA tests?
In the 2023-24 school year, 30.5% of the students in Chicago Public School District 299 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
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FOIA Request Sent to Chicago Public School District 299 Regarding Emails and Memos on January 28, 2025
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to the Chicago Public School District 299 by us at the Chicago City Wire on January 28, 2025.
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FOIA Request Sent to Chicago Public School District 299 Regarding Emails and Memos on January 28, 2025
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to the Chicago Public School District 299 by us at the Chicago City Wire on January 28, 2025.
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H.S. Football: CPS goes 1-17 vs. non CPS-foes in first round of IHSA playoffs; Improves from 0-22 last year
In the first round of the 2024 Illinois High School Football Association (IHSA) playoffs, the 18 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) who played non-CPS opponents went 1-17 and were outscored 764-110, a collective 654 points, or 109 touchdowns.
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Brandon Johnson to National Teachers Union: 'I can hear a little alcohol in the air'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said that he could “hear a little alcohol in the air” at the 2024 American Federation of Teachers Convention held in Houston, Texas.
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School event this week in City of Chicago: June 23-29
The following school event is scheduled to take place in City of Chicago this week.
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School event this week in City of Chicago: June 16-22
The following school event is scheduled to take place in City of Chicago this week.
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Crime up, arrests down at city schools
Violent crime is up 26 percent at Chicago Schools (CPS) over last year.
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Illinois Policy advisor: Chicago’s Teacher Union wants ‘more members, higher pay, less work, less accountability, and less school choice‘
Paul Vallas, policy advisor for IllinoisPolicy.org, said the Chicago Teacher’s Union’s contract negotiation proposals are all moving towards having “more members, higher pay, less work, less accountability, and less school choice.”
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What literacy crisis at Chicago Public Schools? Illinois State Rep. Buckner says he can read ‘very well'
We get asked all the time why Chicago parents don’t realize just how bad CPS schools really are. One of the big reasons is politicians like Gov. J.B. Pritzker, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and Mayor Brandon Johnson only ever brag about record graduation rates and yearly student “growth.”
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CPS finds 14 employees engaged in PPP loan fraud
The Inspector General of Chicago Public Schools has reported that 14 employees were involved in fraudulent activities related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, as per an annual report. The investigation was conducted by cross-referencing the names of CPS employees with those who had received PPP loans.
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Analysis: Illegals to empty schools? 291 CPS buildings under capacity by 160K
The City of Chicago is home to 291 school buildings that are actively in use, but under capacity by more than 160,000 students. That's according to an analysis of Chicago Public Schools' enrollment data by Chicago City Wire.
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DeAngelis: ‘Locking kids out of his offices like he's locking kids out of their private schools’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has come under fire for blocking low-income students protesting in support of the Invest in Kids Act from his Chicago office.
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H.S. Football: CPS goes 0-22 vs. non CPS foes in first round of IHSA playoffs; outscored 1,079-63
In the first round of the Illinois High School Football Association (IHSA) playoffs, the 22 Chicago Public Schools who played non-CPS opponents went 0-22 and were outscored by a total of 916 points-- 152 touchdowns.
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“I’m ready to f*** right now ... I’m not gonna be gentle either;" OIG report details CPS teachers' sexual grooming, assaults of their students
Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teachers sexually groomed, assaulted and raped CPS students last school year. That's according to the a report released this week by the CPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which said it received more than 600 "adult on student" misconduct allegations for the 2021-22 school year, substantiating more than half of them and initiating criminal charges in 16 cases.
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Jarvis Williams receives $1,000 from Chicago Public Schools in 2021
Jarvis Williams did $1,000 worth of work for Chicago Public Schools in 2021, according to the Department of Procurement within Chicago Public Schools.