Teachers in Highland Park end strike
Students and teachers in North Shore District 112 returned to classes Wednesday following an early-morning announcement that a tentative contract settlement had been reached, bringing an end to a one-day strike.
Job-application system hacked in Plainfield School District 202
People who applied for a job in the Plainfield School District during the last several years got a nasty message over the weekend, courtesy of a computer hacker.
Teachers strike in North Shore School District 112
Teachers in North Shore School District 112 have called a strike for Tuesday after a seven-hour negotiating session failed to produce a contract settlement. All schools in the district will be closed on Tuesday with the exception of three facilities that will serve as activity …
Teachers call strike in District 112; schools closed Tuesday
(HIGHLAND PARK) Teachers in North Shore School District 112 have called a strike for Tuesday after a seven-hour negotiating session Monday failed to produce a contract settlement. All schools in the district will be closed on Tuesday with the exception of three facilities that will …
Ex-U.S education official knocks school closings as ‘destabilizing’
Closings public schools to reopen new ones destroys communities and does nothing to better educate children, education historian and New York University professor Diane Ravitch told the City Club of Chicago Monday.
ANALYSIS: Emanuel needs to give new CPS boss space
Second marriages — romantic or professional — can be better than the first, but only if you learn from and don’t repeat past mistakes.
Whether the professional marriage between Rahm Emanuel and Barbara Byrd-Bennett will last longer than the 17-month-long and newly annulled first marriage …
Next Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has done it all, from teacher to superintendent
Only some four months into her role as Chicago’s “interim” Chief Education Officer, Barbara Byrd-Bennett was tapped to sit at the contract negotiating table while Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard remained in his office, receiving only second-hand reports about events that topped the news night after night. Now, Byrd-Bennett will be moving into Brizard’s office.
Emanuel on ‘consolidating’ schools: ‘We know we have to do it’
Chicago Public Schools have 600,000 seats and only 400,000 kids, underscoring the need to “consolidate” under-utilized schools that should been closed over the last decade, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday.
Teacher strike in Evergreen Park SD 124 could last a while
A teachers strike in Evergreen Park School District 124 that started Tuesday might not be settled until at least next week, a union spokesman said.
Mayor Emanuel announces $4 million more for programs to keep kids off the streets
Four thousand more Chicago children will have access to after-school and summer programs, thanks to a $4 million investment tied to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2013 budget. Emanuel has already promised to give 5,000 more toddlers access to early childhood education programs over the next three years — and upgrade the quality of existing programs. Now, he’s making a $4 million investment in after-school and summer programs tailor-made to keep older kids occupied, off the streets and out of trouble.
CTU members vote on contract deal that ended teachers strike
Some 30,000 Chicago Teachers Union members began voting Tuesday morning on whether to ratify the contract deal that resolved the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years.
CPS graduates to receive upper hand in city hiring
High school graduates of Chicago Public Schools would receive an upper hand when applying for the jobs with the city under a new initiative announce Saturday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “This new hiring preference encourages our students to stay in school and get their diploma …
Parents gripe over changes to Chicago Public Schools calendar
Phones at Chicago Public School headquarters were ringing off the hook Friday after parents learned of a new student calendar that makes up for the seven-day teachers strike — but unexpectedly moves spring break up a week.
Emanuel ‘not pleased’ with downgrade in CPS’ credit rating
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday he’s “not pleased” that the Chicago Board of Education’s bond rating has dropped twice in less than three months, but he inherited financial and educational “deficits” and had to address the shortage in the classroom first.
Strike make-up days mean no Presidents’ Day and shorter winter break for students
To make up for a seven-day teachers’ strike, most Chicago Public School kids will have classes on Presidents’ Day, see their winter break trimmed back and end the school later than expected in June. CPS officials Thursday unveiled their long-awaited “strike-adjusted’’ school calendar.
