The Chicago Board of Education voted on Thursday to increase what it can spend on legal fees as courtroom fight continues with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez.

The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools entered the “fact finding” phase of negotiations in January 2025. Here’s what that means, whether Chicago students might be out of class, when and ...

While Martinez touted tentative agreements for lower class sizes in the youngest grades and more planning time for special ...

The Chicago Teachers Union sends a lot of young people to prison, but to find out why you will need to read on. And that’s ...

With the TRO against the Board of Education in place, the fired CPS CEO remains in charge of Chicago Public Schools.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is navigating year two of his term, and hasn’t figured out exactly how to be as effective as possible ...

Karen Tamley is the president and CEO of Access Living, a Chicago organization that centers service, advocacy, and social change for people with all kinds of disabilities. It’s also run by people with ...

Finding ways to support teaching as a career, including training, innovation and community engagement, helped a Chicago-area ...

The teachers union and pro-school choice super PACs spent big on direct mail, digital ads, and text messages in the lead up ...

After nine months of ham-fisted stabs at power politics, the Chicago Teachers Union’s leadership says a strike is likely.

Reforming Tier 2 pensions could cost the state $30 billion, actuary says “A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase contributions to ...

Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union are reaching a stalemate in negotiations. Chicago teachers are no strangers to strikes: The last three contracts with Chicago Public Schools landed after ...