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Attorneys for two families say they were not notified that elementary teacher Andrew Castro had been removed from teaching in May 2021 over abuse allegations and that he continued abusing three boys outside school.
Mental health crises are rising among girls and young women. Working on Womanhood, developed in Chicago, helped reduce symptoms of PTSD.
Supt. Robert McBride said at a school board meeting that repairs of the 114-year-old central campus building “is going to take longer than we thought.”
Supporters say it helps lower-income families send kids to private school. Opponents call it a back-door voucher program funded by taxpayers.
An amendment filed by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, would allow the board to be fully elected as soon as next year by splitting up memberships to two and four-year terms.
The program was amended in 2021 to allow kids with financial needs to access scholarships toward a vocational trade school.
Lawmakers must do whatever they can to keep after-school programs afloat. Thousands of young people could lose access to programs because of a costly overspending error by the Illinois State Board of Education.
As a Christian, Mariyah Green felt “alone and angry” when her opinions about a meditation program weren’t respected and she was not given a choice about whether to participate, the lawsuit states.
A plaster ceiling in a third-floor classroom collapsed on the central campus of Lockport Township High School District 205.
In one year, Chicago voters will choose school board members for the first time. But first, state lawmakers have to finally agree on the voting map.
This program is not broken. Invest in Kids is providing high-quality school choice for families, former Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin writes.
The modest improvement from an 82% graduation rate in 2022 to 84% this year represents a continued increase since a decade ago, when it sat at 59%. Mayor Brandon Johnson and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona lauded the achievement Tuesday.
This immigration crisis underscores the many challenges public schools face daily but also demonstrates their value and gives us a chance to restore faith in public education, an educator in South Holland writes.
Chicago students dealing with autism, attention deficit disorder and other conditions develop communication skills by making up scenes at an after-school club.
About 1,000 classes could be impacted after nearly 600 part-time professors, who make up the majority of faculty, hit the picket lines on Monday.
Test scores released Monday show accelerated academic growth in reading for elementary and high school students compared to gains before the pandemic.
A modest stipend and reimbursement for expenses seems fair, but serving on Chicago’s soon-to-be-elected board shouldn’t be about a paycheck.
More than 600 part-time professors, who make up the majority of faculty, plan to hit the picket lines Monday. About 1,000 classes could be impacted.
Mariana Myers, the longtime clerk at Ebinger Elementary on the Northwest Side, “is this welcoming force that puts everybody at ease,” Principal Michelle Nash says.
Adjunct faculty make up a majority of the teaching staff at the South Loop campus. Most members voted to authorize a strike Wednesday night.
District leaders and Board of Education officials have warned of a financial cliff approaching next school year. Federal COVID-19 relief funds had papered over a structural deficit that officials estimate will reach $691 million. Only $300 million in federal funding is left to offset that.
CPS has boosted pay to attract bus driver candidates and has hundreds of open positions. Chicago isn’t alone: The driver shortage affects school districts in every state.
Police say a large melee led to a woman firing a single shot in the 300 block of East Chicago Avenue about 9:06 p.m. Northwestern’s Chicago campus was placed on lockdown. No one is in custody.
A team of app developers looking to ease college and career searches and a 9th-grade debater hoping to bridge policy and people were among the students honored. “You will help us all build a better, stronger and much-safer Chicago,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
Chalfin, 19, spent over a year creating his latest one, which was published in last Sunday’s New York Times and is in Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times.
Even prestigious schools like Northside College Prep and Payton College Prep have unacceptable chronic absenteeism of 25%, according to the Illinois Report Card.
Keianti Darling, Durrail Williams and Joseph Thomas are members of Chicago CRED, a group that works to reduce gun violence. Recently, they traveled to Senegal on a service trip to build a school.
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat, and Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett have introduced legislation to increase the amount educators can deduct from $250 to $1,000.
Lawmakers have agreed on a voting map but are considering a last-minute proposal to accelerate moving to a fully elected board.
The university made a new $157.5 million public benefits offer that prompted the council to defer its final vote on Northwestern’s $800 million football stadium project.
Los estudiantes que tienen becas actualmente podrán terminar el año escolar.
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