Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Three months after Chicago Public Schools' controversial decision to close 50 schools, the new...

  On the heels of another shooting on a Chicago Public Schools-designated "Safe Passage" route in Chicago, the district and Mayor Rahm...

Teach for America wants people to know that its recruits will not replace laid off Chicago Public School teachers. Amid allegations that TFA recruits could replace some of the 1,036 teachers that have recently been laid off due to budgetary shortfalls, the executive director for the group's Chicago region is speaking out to clear up some ...

In less than two minutes, nine-year-old Chicago Public School student Asean Johnson on Wednesday unloaded a heartfelt plea to save teachers while excoriating...

Members of the Local School Council at Dyett High School say their principal has advised them he can’t pay for enough teachers with...

In Sunday remarks, Mayor Rahm Emanuel again defended the just-announced laying off of more than 2,100 Chicago Public Schools employees, almost 1,000 of them teachers, as unavoidable thanks to both the state of Illinois' pension funding crisis and the city's lowered bond rating. The layoffs, the mayor said, were "avoidable in a sense" had the ...

The Chicago Public School district is slashing more than 2,100 employees, nearly 1,000 of them teachers, in the largest layoff of district employees in...

Chicago Public Schools announced plans to open several new schools for former high school dropouts, despite large-scale budget cuts and widespread protests...

For 28 Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, the final bell will ring for the last time — ever.Teachers and students at closing schools like...

The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting...