by REBECCA VEVEA | Oct 20, 2011
A state labor relations board sided with the Chicago Teachers Union Thursday, voting unanimously to seek an injunction that would stop Chicago Public Schools from offering financial incentives to teachers who add time to their days. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has...
by TANVEER ALI | Oct 17, 2011
As public schools in Chicago have shifted their focus to online learning, the benefits have been blunted by the fact that home access to the Internet costs too much for some students, leading districts to look for different approaches to...
by CNC | Oct 6, 2011
CNC education reporter Crystal Yednak recently moderated a discussion for parents interested in the school admission process in Chicago. CNC’s partner, the Neighborhood Parents Network, organized the event for Chicago parents. Panelists included Bonnie Roelle, director of CPS’ Preschool for...
by REBECCA VEVEA | Oct 5, 2011
With the Chicago Teachers Union and parents’ groups calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to pour funds from special taxing districts into the city’s cash-strapped public schools, a group of aldermen Tuesday proposed an ordinance that would force the city to...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Oct 3, 2011
The Chicago Teachers Union’s closed-door “policy briefings” for aldermen Monday were as much about public relations as they were about school policy, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s unofficial City Council floor leader, Ald. Patrick O’Connor (40th Ward) said after attending one of...
by REBECCA VEVEA | Sep 30, 2011
In 20 years of near-constant reform efforts, Chicago’s elementary school students have made few gains, high school students have advanced, and the achievement gap between poor and rich areas has widened, a major University of Chicago study found, contradicting impressions...
by HUNTER CLAUSS | Sep 29, 2011
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel continues pushing for a longer day this school year, the Chicago Teachers Union hopes to boost its support in the City Council by holding a series of closed-door “policy briefings” with aldermen next week. In a...
by REBECCA VEVEA | Sep 29, 2011
The gap between the number of minority teachers in Chicago Public Schools and minority student enrollment has grown significantly over the last decade, but one CPS school is working hard to change that by preparing the next generation of teachers....
by REBECCA VEVEA | Sep 28, 2011
Classes are in full swing at Chicago Public Schools, but district administrators continue to move forward with a number of layoffs as they work out the details of a system-wide reorganization. In a presentation during the Chicago Board of Education...
by DAN MIHALOPOULOS and REBECCA VEVEA | Sep 23, 2011
Chicago’s charter school advocates could have reason for unprecedented optimism, given that new Mayor Rahm Emanuel frequently praises their efforts – and that a prominent charter-school executive was Emanuel’s election campaign co-chairman. Yet, rather than assume that they will reap...
