In the News: CPS custodians may join striking teachers
A union representing some Chicago Public Schools custodians has given notice that its workers may soon stop crossing picket lines in solidarity with the Chicago Teachers Union, whose members are on...
View ArticleIn the News: Parents seek 'place at the table'
A group of CPS parents is looking to organize, voice concerns and assume a "place at the table for the discussions taking place" about their children, according to one parent involved in organizing via...
View ArticleIn the News: Rahm adviser blasts teachers' union
Businessman Bruce Rauner, a close behind-the-scenes adviser to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, delivered a blistering critique of the union Tuesday in Chicago and outlined a long-term plan to try to split "good...
View ArticleIn the News: CPS' 30-student classes questioned
After examining how CPS is using 30 as the "ideal" size for kindergarten through eighth-grade classes, the Tribune calls into question how Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel stands by Byrd-Bennett's response
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he is “100 percent hand-in-glove” with Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, who “spoke eloquently” in rejecting the notion that racism is behind the announced school...
View ArticleIn the News: CTU sets sights on ousting Emanuel
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis Monday vowed to launch a “comprehensive and aggressive political action campaign” with the ultimate goal of defeating Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other local...
View ArticleIn the News: CPS closure czar is alderman's sister
Catherine Sugrue, the sister of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s City Council floor leader, Ald. Pat O'Connor, has been hired by the Chicago Public Schools to help with the controversial closures of dozens of...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel vows casino funds for CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is amping up support for a Chicago casino by vowing that all revenue would go to city schools. Emanuel released a video Wednesday showing footage of students and teachers and ending...
View ArticleIn the News: Skepticism greets TIF proposal for CPS
Chicago would declare an annual surplus in each of its 175 tax increment financing (TIF) districts — and return at least 25 percent of the cash balance to the city and public schools — under a mayoral...
View ArticleIn the News: Mayor's 'Childen's Fund' doesn't exist
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pitching the $70 million he expects to collect from speed camera tickets next year as a way to help children — spending the windfall on a mix of after-school programs, early...
View ArticleIn the News: Lincoln Park annex proposal contentious
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed $20 million annex to a crowded Lincoln Park neighborhood elementary school continues to generate heat from a group of residents who fought for alternative options to deal...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel sees 80% grad rate in CPS' future
Thursday night at a University of Chicago panel with the mayors of New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, Mayor Rahm Emanuel made the prediction that Chicago Public Schools are on track to have an 80...
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