Chicago Public School District 299
Recent News About Chicago Public School District 299
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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.
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Chicago teachers refuse to return for in-person learning
Chicago teachers are refusing to return to classrooms after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) said its members had voted to go against the reopening of in-person school.
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Help wanted: Chicago Public Schools needs 2,000 employees as it prepares for in-person learning -- residency not required
The Chicago Public Schools district faces staffing shortcomings as it prepares for in-person learning to start in January amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CPS teachers: four hour days are ‘inhumane’
The Chicago Teachers Union is calling for Chicago Public Schools to slash virtual work days in half citing "stress" over too much screen time.
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Let Us Play: Coaches, players, parents to rally against Pritzker's high school sports ban
When discussing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's restrictions on high school sporting events this year due to COVID-19, a former GOP candidate in Illinois' 7th Congressional District was reminded of an historic, politically driven sports boycott.
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CPS silent on Chicago teacher Billy Jackson who said all police “deserve to be DEAD”
Chicago Public Schools has not responded to requests for comment from Chicago City Wire regarding comments made by Chicago art teacher Billy Jackson.
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Chicago teacher Billy Jackson: “All Police Deserve to be DEAD”
Chicago Public Schools teacher Billy Jackson openly called for the death of all police in a recent social media post.
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Former Chicago GOP leader Chris Cleveland says closing schools shortchanges students
Chris Cleveland, former chair of the Chicago GOP, thinks keeping schools closed will shortchange students.
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Having better educated students would remove incentive for CPS to game standardized testing, leading conservatives say
“Irregularities” in standardized testing alleged
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Proft organizes fundraiser for prep chess team
“Chicago’s Morning Answer” radio host Dan Proft has launched a GoFundMe page for the nationally decorated Earle Stern Academy chess program.