Chicago Public School District 299
Recent News About Chicago Public School District 299
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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.
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Wirepoints: Teachers' contract deal will increase pressure on tax base, driving even more Chicagoans away
With junk credit and a broke city to fall back on, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will have to cover the costs of a new teachers’ contract through higher property taxes. That bill will amount to an estimated $1.5 billion over the next five years, according to an analysis by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints. And, they say, the estimate is on the low side.
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CPS pension packages sweeter than private sector, IPI reports
With the average Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher receiving nearly $77,000 in annual pension benefits, the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) reports that a retired CPS educator makes back what they put into the system just five months into retirement.
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Analysis: Chicago Public Schools' students drop out at 10x rate of peer districts
Of the 27,733 freshmen who entered a Chicago Public Schools high school in 2015, 2,740, or about ten percent, dropped out before graduating, according to an analysis of district filings by Chicago City Wire.
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Teacher Retirement Fund payouts for July
The following beneficiaries received pension payouts from the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund in July