More than 20,000 teachers have been working without a contract for eight months as the CTU-backed mayor refuses to accept even the most modest wage and staffing demands of educators.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson secured approval for his $830 million borrowing plan but can no longer use the money to benefit his cronies at the Chicago Teachers Union. The city just grew its nearly $41 billion in debt.
President Stacy Davis Gates and her caucus, which propelled Mayor Johnson into office, are being challenged by a group that says the current CTU leaders are closed to differing views.
Special education classroom assistants are assigned to provide additional support to students with disabilities. The Chicago Teachers Union wants to change that.
David Greising, Tribune News Service The public is rightly up in arms over the vast power an unelected, unaccountable person is exerting over the
Cydney Wallace is a mother of four and sits on the board of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. Wallace will represent the Chinatown, Bridgeport, Back of the Yards, and Gage Park neighborhoods on the 21-member partly-elected school board.
A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money.