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...
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...
A federal judge on Tuesday will hear testimony in the opening day of an injunction hearing aimed at halting the closure of 50 Chicago public schools. The hearing, according to the Associated Press, could last as long as three days, though a ruling is not expected yet this week or even this month. If U.S. District Judge John Lee allows the case to ...
Chicago Public Schools announced plans to open several new schools for former high school dropouts, despite large-scale budget cuts and widespread protests...
