Thousands of Chicago Teachers Union members and city educators are set to rally in front of the Board of Education’s
headquarters Wednesday in protest of a proposed collective bargaining
scale-back and other “harmful” school proposals that are on the table.
Jesse
Sharkey, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union met with
reporters Tuesday to clear the air about why the educators are meeting
Wednesday afternoon.
The Illinois State Board of Education has sent the U.S. Department of
Education a 685-page waiver in an attempt to opt out of federal No Child
Left Behind requirements.
The Chicago Teachers Union and community activists are enraged that the Board of Education rubber stamped school closings and turnarounds -- they want Chicago voters, not the Chicago Mayor, to elect the board. But if the mayor-appointed board has uncritically adopted
Chicago Public Schools policies, the Illinois General Assembly hasn’t.
One
year after passing a landmark education reform law that increased CPS
powers, some lawmakers now want to rein in the school district’s ability
to shut down schools or fire staff. Read more »
The Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union agreed today that
CPS will give additional compensation to teachers in CPS's longer school day pioneer program.
The Chicago Public Schools announced yesterday that they will give $100,000
grant rewards to schools that effectively employ the longer school day
in the 2012-13 school year.
The state's budget problems may soon affect when Illinois children go back to school, according to reports.
Illinois school regional superintendents have been working without pay since the beginning of the month and say they can only guarantee one more week of work under the current conditions.
Thousands of 
The Chicago Teachers Union and community activists are enraged that the Board of Education rubber stamped school closings and turnarounds -- they want Chicago voters, not the Chicago Mayor, to 
The state's budget problems may soon affect when Illinois children go back to school, according to 