Editorial: Chicago Teachers Union wants to use other states to shame Springfield into finding billions more for schools. That ignores reality
Can you imagine Illinois with a $17 billion budget surplus? Neither can we. But it does happen — elsewhere. One Midwestern ...
Illinois Policy1d
Chicago Public Schools staff up 20%, enrollment down 10.5%
Staffing in Chicago Public Schools increased 20% as the number of students dropped 10.5%. Employee growth has not included ...
Chalkbeat5d
Chicago Public Schools: Lack of buses for students with disabilities due to driver shortage, strike
Chicago Public Schools officials say the district lost more than half its bus routes over the summer due to a bus drivers ...
Afternoon Briefing: 3 men have run every Chicago Marathon since 1977
Good afternoon, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson debuted his new Chicago Board of Education today, his latest move to wrest ...
Illinois Policy20h
Chicago Public Schools is spending more per student despite plummeting test scores
Chicago Public Schools instructional and operational spending reached all-time highs while academic outcomes stagnate.
Chicago’s largest charter network Noble Schools announces Brenda Cora as new CEO
Noble Schools, Chicago’s largest public charter school network, announced Tuesday that current Chief Schools Officer Brenda ...