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There are more than 40 people running in Chicago’s school board elections on Nov. 5. Here’s an updating list.
The district is adjusting bell times and creating transportation hubs in order to provide busing to more students.
State officials acknowledged that some students still have commutes over an hour, but said they believe the district has made ‘sufficient progress.’
District leadership has balked at the idea, saying a loan ‘only shifts the problem’ to future years.
The proposed $9.9 billion CPS budget faces several pressures, from union negotiations to the end of federal COVID aid.
The new study from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research comes ahead of a July school board vote to remove police from all schools.
Chicago will elect 10 new school board members in 2024, ending 30 years of mayoral control.
The Chicago Teachers Union is proposing adding 'newcomer liaisons’ at schools enrolling students arriving from other countries. But the district is facing a budget deficit that could limit hiring.
Appeals court says board’s vote did not violate state law on school closures. What happens next to Urban Prep’s students is unclear.
In the first crucial hours, police could not get access to video surveillance, a witness, and other key information in a shooting that left two students dead, two wounded. CPS says it cooperated.
Chicago Public Schools’ new funding formula provides set staffing at every school. But a Chalkbeat analysis of new documents and files indicate many schools are facing reductions.
Two years after busloads of migrant children began arriving in Chicago, many have landed in schools where most don’t speak Spanish. Custodians and kindergarten teachers are taking on the role of translator, but students are still falling behind.
The Academy for Local Leadership launched its inaugural class in March ahead of Chicago’s shift to a partially-elected school board.
The plan — which will be finalized this summer — will prioritize improving students’ daily experiences in the classroom, addressing staffing and funding, and collaborating more closely with school communities.
The public meetings are part of the district’s new Black Student Success Working Group, which CPS created to provide recommendations for improving Black children’s outcomes.
The school district has outsourced the management of school janitors and cleaning services since 2014.
Four parents share the challenges and possibilities of these “mini-school boards” that Chicago has had for 35 years.
The first day of school for the 2024-25 academic year would be on Aug. 26, about a week later than recent years.
The district is providing CTA passes to migrant families who are homeless.
Last week, CPS Inspector General Will Fletcher released his annual report which, in part, found that the district had marked more than 77,000 devices lost or stolen in the 2021-22 school year.