Chicago Schools Open Up With Fewer Staff
Despite the news that 1,000 teachers and aides were laid off over the summer, CPS CEO Forrest Claypool says that parents should not worry.
Despite the news that 1,000 teachers and aides were laid off over the summer, CPS CEO Forrest Claypool says that parents should not worry.
Budget cuts will become a key issue as negotiations heat up between the teachers’ union and the school district.
Chicago Public Schools’ official graduation rate is up 3 percentage points from last year.
Dyett high school in Washington Park was re-opened after community activists staged a 34-day hunger strike last fall.
That praise is tempered by the fact that the district is in heated negotiations with the teacher’s union, which is threatening to strike.
The budget relies in part on revenue that may never come through.
Chicago’s Board of Education is set to approve a barebones budget on Wednesday, but it includes a big increase for education software.
WBEZ has obtained a list of projects that shows Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district leaders are contemplating building three new high schools in the coming years.
At a hearing Thursday morning, CPS Budget Manager Cameron Mock seemed to place the blame mostly on teachers.
Chicago parents and taxpayers get their first chance this evening to give their opinions about the cash-strapped school district’s big plans to build new schools and annexes. WBEZ’s Sarah Karp reports.