Chicago gets tentative staff deal as teachers stay on strike, classes canceled Tuesday
Chicago schools have canceled classes for a ninth day as talks to end a teachers' strike appeared stalled Monday.
No school on Monday as Chicago teacher strike continues
There will be no school in Chicago on Monday, Oct. 28 as the teacher strike continues.
Chicago teachers, school district resume talks to end strike
Contract talks between Chicago Public Schools and striking teachers are resuming, with city officials saying the gap between the two sides remains huge.
Teachers strike negotiations continue through weekend
Negotiations in the Chicago teachers strike continued late Saturday night, with the teachers union coming out around 11 p.m. to say that productive talks are ongoing.
Special needs families hope Chicago strike will bring change
A seven-day strike by Chicago teachers has hit students with disabilities and their families hard, but many say they support educators' demands.
Chicago teachers strike sidelines athletes and their future hopes
A strike by school teachers in Chicago has spread from the picket line to the playing field.
No deal, more fallout in week-long Chicago teachers strike
Classes will be canceled again Friday after Chicago Public Schools and the teachers' union failed to reach a deal to end a week-long strike in the nation's third-largest school district.
Chicago classes canceled for 6th day amid strike
Chicago Public Schools have cancelled classes for a sixth day as a teachers' strike remains unresolved.
Chicago mayor offers $838M deficit fix as teachers continue to strike
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who's still trying to settle a nearly week-old teacher's strike, proposed a combination of debt refinancing, tax and fee hikes and assistance from the state Legislature on Wednesday to close a massive $838 million budget deficit.
Teachers strike forcing student-athletes to forfeit games
Soccer coach Alvaro Perez, a high school teacher of 25 years, has crossed the picket line for the Washington High School Patriots.
Senator Elizabeth Warren joins striking Chicago teachers as negotiations stall
Striking Chicago teachers are preparing for an extended walkout and trying to increase public pressure on Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with a downtown march set for Wednesday around the time the first-term mayor is set to deliver a key speech to the City Council.
Affordable housing among striking Chicago teachers' demands
Striking Chicago teachers who are seeking smaller class sizes and higher pay also are demanding that the nation's third-largest city do more to lower housing costs and put more resources into helping homeless students.
Non-union worker claims two CTU members attacked her
A non-union worker claims she went to work last week, on the first day of the Chicago teachers' strike, and was assaulted. She says two union members attacked her.
Affordable housing among striking Chicago teachers' demands
Striking Chicago teachers who are seeking smaller class sizes and higher pay also are demanding that the nation's third-largest city do more to lower housing costs and put more resources into helping homeless students.
CTU rebuffs mayor's request to end teachers' strike, classes canceled again Tuesday
Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants the Chicago Teachers Union to call off its strike before there's agreement on a new contract, but the union isn't having any of it.
Chicago schools to be closed Monday as strike continues
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s weekend prediction that there would be no school on Monday became official on Sunday night. Students will have another day off as the strike pushes into a fifth day.
Teachers, district still negotiating Saturday; Mayor says school likely canceled Monday
Chicago teachers and city leaders said they were still negotiating on Saturday night.
Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others
Chicago parents are leaning on family, friends and community groups with teachers in the nation's third-largest school district on strike.
New Chicago mayor faces familiar problems as teachers strike in nation's 3rd largest district
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot swept into office this spring declaring it "a new day" for the nation's third-largest city. She pledged to change the way City Hall operated under Rahm Emanuel and for decades before him, invest in poor neighborhoods, improve schools and address the city's deeply troubled finances.
Chicago teachers go on strike: Here's what they want
The Chicago Teachers Union is on strike on Thursday in the nation's third-largest school district.