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CPS CEO warns coaches in wake of basketball game shooting tragedy

January 25, 2013 by staff and wire services reports

According to an article from the Chicago Sun-Times , Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has released a statement about the district stance regarding the fatal shooting…

More Illinois teacher strikes?

October 5, 2012 by staff and wire services reports

The school board and teachers union in Evergreen Park School District 124 met Wednesday night in an effort to negotiate an end to a strike that began Tuesday,…

CPS, CTU agree to hire more teachers for longer school day

July 25, 2012 by staff and wire services reports

According to the Chicago Sun-Times , the city of Chicago and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have reached an agreement that will put more teachers in the classroom…

Watch: Chicago teacher sues for the right to say N-word in class

February 21, 2012 by staff and wire services reports

Lincoln Brown, a 48-year-old Chicago Public Schools teacher, has filed a federal lawsuit against the district after being suspended without pay for five days for using the "n-word"…

Chicago Public School system announces guidelines for longer school days

January 24, 2012 by staff and wire services reports

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Public School system has issued guidelines that detail what the longer school days are to consist of.

Number of homeless students surges, putting strain on schools

January 11, 2012 by staff and wire services reports

At 15, Jarvis Nelson should be in high school and even thinking about college. Yet Jarvis is in seventh grade, and doesn’t know where he’ll go to high…

Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries

June 2, 2011 by staff and wire services reports

Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher? Asks the Chicago Sun-Times.

Chicago Public Schools crack down on cyber bullies

July 29, 2010 by staff and wire services reports

Digitally placing classmates' heads onto other people's bodies, leaving abusive messages on Facebook profiles, eMailing X-rated images, and inciting violence via text message are all part of the…

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