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Teachers’ unions often say they go on strike to improve conditions for students. A closer look at recent walkouts suggests they are also fighting for something else: membership.
Despite common ground with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, disagreement on Chicago Public Schools’ financial position and who manages control over staffing decisions is pushing the teachers union to strike.
High-achieving students at East Aurora High School say they were “undermatched” and missed out on generous financial aid packages from selective universities because they were not properly guided or encouraged to apply to them.
All of the proposals are important, but addressing the affordable housing shortfall will require that the Chicago Housing Authority return to its original mission of directly providing housing.
In a media misinformation blitz, the outgoing mayor rewrites his record on police reform and schools.
The failures of Rahm Emanuel’s education policies show the need for an elected school board and more accountability.
As Rahm Emanuel courts flashy projects amid a slew of scandals, it seems the mayor is more accountable to big-money donors than to neighborhood constituents.
Ending the state’s flat income tax rate would reduce taxes for most while raising $2 billion in additional revenue a year, a new report says.
As Chicago Public Schools prepares to shut down more schools, it faces continued resistance from people like Irene Robinson, whose community was fractured by 2013’s mass closures.
Many families fleeing the poorest pockets of the city are ending up in cash-strapped school systems in the suburbs and northwest Indiana.