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Rush, Davis host congressional forum on public school closures

U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush, D-1st Dist., left, and Danny Davis, D-7th Dist., listened as parents, community residents, members of advocacy groups and others addressed...

Chicago Teachers Union plans media, pols tour of ‘destabilized’ school communities

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, third from left, led a rally March 27, 2013 in downtown Chicago protesting proposed school closures. This week...

Massive teachers union rally set for Wednesday

Students held a demonstration Monday, March 25, 2013 to protest school closures. The Chicago Teachers Union plans a massive demonstration Wednesday, March 27, 2013...

Chicago to close 54 schools to address $1B deficit 


Parents protest outside the home of Chicago's Board of Education President David Vitale’s house Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. Teachers say the city...

Parents, union to fight Chicago school closings

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks outside the Mahalia Jackson Elementary School in Chicago, Thursday, March 21, 2013, about the planned closing of...

CPS Wants More Time to Name Closing Schools

 November 2, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools will ask the state for more time to decide which schools the district plans to...

Barbara Byrd-Bennett’s Vision for CPS

  By Kathy Chaney Barbara Byrd-Bennett's seat is just getting warm. The New York native, who held the district's Chief Education Officer post for...

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