CPS students return to classrooms Monday after winter break
Students at Chicago Public Schools returned to classrooms Monday after a winter break that saw COVID cases surge across the city.
CPS to return to in-person classes after winter break
Chicago Public Schools said classes will be in-person after the holiday break — despite surging COVID-19 cases.
CTU calls for in-person learning pause amid COVID-19 surge
COVID numbers are getting worse, and CTU is expressing outrage over CPS's testing plan.
Chicago Teachers Union criticizes CPS COVID testing plan
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding increased COVID-19 precautions, including testing before students return to school January 3rd.
CPS encourages kids to get tested for COVID before returning to classes
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding increased COVID-19 precautions, including testing before students return to school January 3rd.
Chicago Teachers Union polling members over possible 'shift to remote learning' as COVID cases rise
Chicago’s Teachers Union is polling its members over whether they would support a "district-wide pause and temporary shift to remote learning" as coronavirus cases are once again on the rise in the Windy City.
CTU blasts school district's COVID plan after cases emerge at Greater Grand Crossing school
The Chicago Teachers Union blasted the school district's COVID-19 plan after new cases at a South Side elementary school.
CTU blasts school district's COVID plan after outbreak at Greater Grand Crossing school
The Chicago Teachers Union levied criticism at the COVID plan for Chicago Public Schools due to their handling of recent outbreaks.
Fired Black educators reach $9.25M settlement with Chicago Public Schools
Ending nearly a decade of litigation, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have reached a $9.25 million settlement over the layoffs of entire school staffs that disproportionately affected hundreds of Black educators on the South and West sides.
CPS teachers and students rally for increased staffing, cleaner schools
Teachers, parents and students gathered outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters Wednesday morning, demanding the board do more to clean the city's schools.
CPS teachers and students rally for increased staffing, cleaner schools
Teachers, parents and students gathered outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters Wednesday morning, demanding the board do more to clean the city's schools.
CPS to close all schools on Friday, November 12 so kids can get vaccinated
Chicago Public Schools will close all schools on Friday, November 12 to give parents and guardians the opportunity to begin getting their children vaccinated against COVID-19.
National teachers union president joins CTU to lay out COVID safety demands
The president of the American Federation of Teachers made a visit to Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday.
AFT president joins CTU to lay out COVID safety demands
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten visited public schools on the city's South and West sides before classes started Wednesday morning.
Thousands of CPS students exposed to COVID-19 in first 8 days of school
CPS has only been in session for eight days, but it already appears that thousands of students have been exposed to COVID-19.
CTU, SEIU call for more protections against COVID-19 at Chicago schools
The Chicago Teachers Union is asking for improved COVID-19 safety protections just four days into the new school year.
CPS students return to classrooms for first day of school
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Group of parents calling on CPS to follow through with weekly COVID-19 testing
A group of parents are calling on Chicago Public Schools to follow through on a promise of weekly COVID-19 testing.
City officials open John Hancock College Prep High School ahead of school year
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Interim School CEO Jose Torres and other Chicago Public Schools leaders cut the ribbon on the new John Hancock College Preparatory High School Friday.
Chicago parents push for remote learning
Chicago parents are demanding remote learning options to keep their unvaccinated kids learning at home as COVID-19 surges again.