Chicago State University faculty inch closer to a strike
Professors at the state’s only majority-Black public university are some of Illinois’ lowest paid.
Professors at the state’s only majority-Black public university are some of Illinois’ lowest paid.
As outside conservative support grows in school board races, the Democratic Party of Illinois for the first time is investing in these local races.
Federal pandemic relief funding has papered over long-standing issues, but that money is set to run out in two years.
Paul Vallas promises to expand school choice while Brandon Johnson says it deepens segregation and inequity. Donors are lining up on either side.
The candidates were also asked whether they agree the runoff race represents a battle between the Chicago Teachers Union and the Fraternal Order of the Police.
Paul Vallas is a technocrat devoted to school choice. Brandon Johnson is a teachers union organizer. Their backgrounds explain their clashing views.
Supt. Tony Sanders sees an “ever-widening gap between the left and the right … I think public education is squarely in the middle of that fight.”
One educator compared the learning disruption caused by the pandemic to water freezing in cracked pavement, deepening the divide.
Una investigación de WBEZ encontró que la solución del estado se está debilitando ante la creciente demanda de servicios de salud mental, especialmente entre menores de familias de bajos ingresos.
Conservative groups provide money and training to suburban school board candidates while progressive opponents struggle to catch up.