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The Chicago Teachers Union wanted the Board of Education immediately restore the steps-and-lanes structure for salary increases which was frozen in September. But a state labor board ruled unanimously today against the union’s request.
District-run schools are being asked to cut a total of $26 million from their budgets for this school year. Principals were told to avoid cutting classroom teachers and special education staff.
Noble’s founder and superintendent Michael Milkie shares his views on expansion, discipline, diversity and what it takes to improve Chicago high schools.
Chicago Public Schools intends to cut $75 million from school budgets before the end of June. But district and Chicago Teachers Union officials will continue to negotiate a contract deal.
Three students from Lindblom Math and Science Academy share their experiences and thoughts on school funding in the city and state.
After another round of layoffs in Central Office, district officials have released an interim organizational chart that adds and subtracts offices.
More than 200 Chicago Public Schools employees got the pink slip today, but no teachers. The cuts are part of a larger district reorganization that’s been underway for months — and involves some politically connected consultants.
A longtime expert on Chicago Public Schools finances says it may be time to consider bringing back a financial authority appointed jointly by the governor and Chicago mayor to oversee the district’s spending. But Republican lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner are calling for a complete state takeover — and the option to file for bankruptcy.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel named Jaime Guzman, a former Teach For America corps member who once oversaw charter school expansion in CPS, to the Board of Education. Guzman is the only Latino on the seven-member Board.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool made the district’s latest contract offer public on Tuesday. CPS wants a four-year deal that phases out the so-called pension “pickup” but includes pay raises and a reduction in standardized testing, among other issues.