Chicago Can't Afford to Dance to All That Lefty Teacher Union Jazz
By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 5, 2025 After nasty clashes involving character assassinations and a mass resignation, a showdown is drawing closer in Chicago between the most powerful local teachers’ union in the country and the most financially distressed school district.
Chicago Public Schools and teachers union continue haggling over a new contract. What’s settled and what’s next?
After nearly nine months of bargaining, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have yet to settle a new, four-year contract. They presented briefs to a third-party law arbitrator
Chicago Teachers Union favorability down to 29% amidst potential strike
New polling shows 3-in-5 Chicago voters have an unfavorable view of the Chicago Teachers Union. More than 55% said they would be less likely to vote for someone who accepts CTU donations.
Chicago Teachers Union hosts school "walk-ins" amid fears over Trump immigration policies
The walk-ins also come in the middle of contract negotiations between CTU and Chicago Public Schools leadership.
Chicago Teachers Union holds walk-ins across the city to protest White House immigration policies, CPS contract negotiations
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) held walk-ins at schools across the city on Tuesday morning to highlight the need for protection from the White House
Chicago Teachers Union lead walk-ins throughout district, expressing frustration in 'perilous times'
Holding signs out in the cold outside Peirce Elementary on the North Side, parents and Chicago Teachers Union members rallied against budget cuts and deportation efforts. Walk-ins were conducted at several CPS schools.
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A Chicago elementary school turned away agents they feared were from ICE. They turned out to be from the Secret Service
Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs ...
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Chicago Public Schools chief of safety and security Jadine Chou reflects on her 14-year tenure
Chou led the school district’s approach to safety and security through the closure of 50 schools in 2013, waves of youth ...
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Pritzker says gutting Department of Education would devastate K-12 schools
Billions in federal funding flows to Illinois schools every year — and talk of cuts comes as the state and CPS already are facing budget gaps.
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Chicago Public Schools Launches Long-Awaited Site to Show How Schools Are Doing
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The prospect of immigration agents entering schools is sending shockwaves among communities
President Trump got rid of a decades-old policy that prevented agents from arresting migrants without legal status in ...
Public schools try to protect undocumented students from Trump immigration raids
A recent move by Trump allows immigration authorities to conduct raids at schools. Multiple school districts have pledged to ...
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Chicago restores busing for more magnet school students
The district is growing a pilot program in which some campuses serve as centralized pickup and dropoff locations.
Chicago's first hybrid elected school board meeting focuses on ICE, student safety
The first official elected Chicago school board meeting focused on protecting Chicago Public School students from ICE, and a ...