Chicago Mayor Lightfoot believes there's a connection between rise in carjackings, remote learning
The Chicago Teachers Union slammed Mayor Lightfoot's remarks, calling them hurtful, racist and unsubstantiated.
Some Chicago-area schools won't require masks on Monday and some will be closed, after judge's order
Some Chicago-area schools will not be requiring masks on Monday, after a judge issued a temporary restraining order.
Chicago Public Schools says judge's ruling does not stop CPS from requiring masks
CPS said the "court’s current ruling does not prohibit CPS from exercising its authority to continue its COVID-19 mitigation policies and procedures, including universal masking by students and staff and vaccination and testing requirements for staff members."
Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey will not seek re-election: 'It is time'
Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election as president of the CTU.
Chicago teachers accept COVID-19 safety deal, keeping kids in school after week of no classes
After five days of canceled classes, the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools is now over. While students returned to their desks Wednesday, teachers remain divided.
CPS students return to class Wednesday after standoff between city, CTU
Under the proposed agreement, a school closure would take place if 40-percent of students were placed in quarantine.
CPS teachers may not be paid for days they refused to report to classrooms
The union won two demands, but not others. And, in a big departure from past CTU job actions, this time Chicago teachers may not be paid for any of the days that they refused to report to their classrooms.
CPS students to return to classrooms Wednesday after CTU suspends walkout
The Chicago Teachers Union’s governing body has voted to suspend its labor action and return to in-person work Tuesday, ending a bitter dispute with Chicago Public Schools and setting up students to return to classrooms Wednesday for the first time in a week.
CPS, CTU reach agreement; students to return to in-person learning Wednesday
Chicago Public School students will return to in-person learning on Wednesday after an agreement was reached between the district and the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday night.
Chicago Teachers Union boss calls Lightfoot ‘relentlessly stupid’ for trying to reopen schools
Cars lined up on South Homan Avenue Monday morning as parents dropped the children off for school.
Class officially canceled in Chicago Public Schools Monday as standoff drags on
"What the teachers' union did was an illegal walkout. They abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a national news interview on Sunday.
