Mayor Brandon Johnson’s sprint to remake Chicago’s public schools
With an elected school board coming, Johnson’s appointed board is pushing for more funding and changes on school choice and police in schools.
With an elected school board coming, Johnson’s appointed board is pushing for more funding and changes on school choice and police in schools.
Back at Chicago State University at age 60, she found out her decades-old GPA disqualifies her from receiving federal loans or grants.
Faculty at two campuses serving the Latino community are asking for competitive wages, hiring more teachers, more bilingual staffing and special education teachers.
For their isolated community, the students want a grocery store, a tech store, public art and a park that “just brings families together,” one student said.
The deadline to run for a Local School Council seat has been extended until Feb. 14.
As the taxpayer-supported scholarship program sunsets, worried parents look to Springfield for solutions while critics fight to keep program at bay.
Many people who do violence prevention work have criminal records that would bar them from working in schools. Some say the law should be changed.
The mayor tells the Sun-Times and WBEZ he will give the Board of Education the green light to end its contract with the Chicago Police Department.
The Council is expected to debate the long-delayed resolution Wednesday after more than 26,000 Palestinians have been killed. It also seeks the release of Israeli hostages taken by the militant group Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack.
Charter schools have faced increasing scrutiny and shorter renewal terms in recent years as calls grow for accountability, particularly around special education and finances. The board renewed contracts Thursday with 49 schools for terms between one and four years.