Chicago Schools Scramble to Deal with Lead Contamination
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) At Mather High School in Chicago’s West Rogers Park, Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool pledged to CPS, parents, and city officials that the financially-strapped More...
Chicago Students Protests Lack of Education Budget
(Photo: WGNTV) Once again, Chicago students have taken to the streets to protest the school-funding catastrophe in the city in spite of the 90-degree heat. The students blocked the door to the James R. Thompson More...
From San Francisco to Chicago, Urban Farming Schools Appear
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A school in San Francisco is about to become the first urban farming public education setting in the country as students at the Golden Bridges School learn about the role More...
Chicago CEO Claypool: Schools Won’t Open Without Funding
(Photo: ABC) Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has said that CPS will not be able to open in the fall if state lawmakers cannot approve an education budget: “Chicago schools would not open, and More...
Chicago Schools Update Guidelines for Transgender Students
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Updated guidelines for Chicago Public Schools have been announced, including a statement concerning transgender and gender nonconforming students. The guidelines informed these More...
Chicago Teachers Union Says May Strike Unlikely
(Photo: Ted Cox, DNAinfo) In spite of recent rumors, Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey stated that a teacher strike this month was unlikely. He added that in September, after teachers receive More...
Could Chicago BEAT New York?
CHICAGO hit a record in 2015 with nearly 51 million visitors. Daily Express :: Travel Feed More...
500 Kids Mistakenly Accepted to Top Chicago Public School
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) An “unidentified internal error” in enrolling transfer students in Chicago has ended with Chicago Public Schools telling hundreds of families that their children More...
After Chicago Teachers 1 Day Strike, City Gov’t Fires Back
(Photo: Christian K. Lee, AP) Chicago Public Schools (CPS) filed a charge against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) with a state labor board over a one-day strike that occurred last Friday. The CPS maintains that More...
Chicago Public Schools, Union, Clash Ahead of Friday Strike
(Photo: Brad Perkins, Creative Commons) Already picketing at schools before classes begin, the Chicago Teachers Union is planning an entire day of rallies and teach-ins in the city that will comprise a one-day More...