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Recent News About Chicago Public Schools
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Lightfoot urges teachers to return to schools; 'Your kids need you'
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is taking the personal approach in her efforts to coax Chicago Public Schools teachers back into the classroom.
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Lightfoot blames pandemic for delaying investigation of Chicago school sexual misconduct; Ives wants 'no excuses'
Former state rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is taking Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s to task regarding her comments that the pandemic disrupted an investigation involving sexual misconduct at Marine Leadership Academy in Logan Square.
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CPS teachers will not be held to Oct. 15 vaccine mandate
Chicago Public Schools has pulled back its threat to disallow unvaccinated teachers from continuing to teach.
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Civic Federation's Msall says school enrollment falls as budget grows
Civic Federation president Laurence Msall has a problem with what he sees as the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) inverse system.
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Former CPS head Vallas wonders if district will face similar discipline as Timothy
The former leader of the nation’s third-largest public school district questioned a private school’s decision to comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mask mandate.
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Former CPS CEO Vallas concerned about new district budget: 'Most expensive teacher contracts ever'
Former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Paul Vallas took pride in inheriting a school district with a $1 billion structural deficit and turning it into $1 billion balance with 70,000 new students when he left the district six years later.
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Chicago union ask to 'delay reopening' of high schools for a week
Citing lingering COVID-19 concerns, the Chicago Teacher's Union seeks to delay the reopening of high schools for in-person learning at Chicago Public Schools.
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CPS teacher Heavener tells second grade class rioting is ‘part of protests’
Katy Heavener has been teaching progressive activism to second graders.
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Mental health issues in Chicago students increasing as pandemic continues
Chicago Public Schools high school students are dealing with mental distress the return to in-person learning remains in flux.
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Former Chicago superintendent says parents ‘need to organize’ to get schools reopened
Former Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas urged parents to stick together in their battle to get public schools reopened.
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Vallas blasts school closings as 'disaster'
Former Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas is blasting the school board’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis as a disaster. “High school remote learning is a documented disaster,” Vallas recently posted on Twitter.
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Chicago among states, districts failing to keep track of teacher vaccinations
Statistics on school staff members receiving vaccinations and refusal rates remain unknown as states and districts fail to record such data. Chicago, Las Vegas and Louisville, Kentucky, are on the list.
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CPS renews $250K contract with San Francisco-based “whiteness” consultant, Glenn Singleton
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will once again retain Glenn E. Singleton to teach its white teachers how to better understand their “whiteness,” and to properly teach black students.
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Sources: CPS high schools to remain closed in 2021-22; union won't return unless all students vaccinated
Sources from within the Chicago Public Schools tell Chicago City Wire the system is already preparing to keep its high schools closed in the fall, as teachers union officials express fear of members encountering students in hallways and lunchrooms.
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New minors' rights guidelines allow minors access to abortions, birth control without parental consent
The teachers who teach peer health for freshmen in Chicago Public Schools are pushing new minors’ rights for students.
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Chicago Public Schools approved to resume winter sports Thursday
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) can now resume winter sports like basketball on Thursday after the rest of the state has already resumed their sports programs.
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Chicago Teachers Union continues to fight CPS on in-person class resumption
Periods seem to be difficult to write on an agreement between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union. For months during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been commas, ellipsis, and strikethroughs.
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Lighfoot refuses to directly answer Jacobson on why CPS is only school district not playing basketball
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is the only district in the state not playing sports, Chicago’s Morning Answer co-host Amy Jacobson said.
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CTU, CPS fail to reach deal, in-person learning delayed again
The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools fail to reach a deal, in-person learning has been delayed again.
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Chicago teachers refuse to return for in-person learning
Chicago Public School (CPS) students in elementary schools across the city are supposed to return to school on Feb. 1, but teachers that are part of the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) are refusing to return for in-person learning.