CPS students to continue online learning Tuesday, Wednesday
Chicago Public Schools leaders extended remote learning Monday for two more days and called for a "cooling-off period" in negotiations with the teachers’ union, citing progress but not a full agreement on COVID-19 safety plans for returning to schools.
No in-person school Monday in Chicago as union and district argue over safety and vaccines
On Sunday evening, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that Chicago Public Schools have not yet reached an agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union on whether and how to open schools this week. That means that students will not be back in classrooms on Monday.
CPS reaches tentative agreement with union, but still no word on whether schools will re-open Monday
As of Saturday night, a tentative agreement between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools has been reached regarding in-person learning, but there is still no final word on whether students will return to classrooms on Monday.
Lightfoot says no deal reached between CPS, CTU on resuming in-person learning
Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have yet to come to an agreement on returning to in-person learning.
Chicago Teachers Union demands vaccines before returning to class
The Chicago Teachers Union was pushing Friday for its members to be vaccinated before being required to return to classrooms, one of the key sticking points in its ongoing labor dispute with the city’s public schools over a planned Feb. 1 reopening date for K-8 students.
CPS says remote learning will continue Thursday as CTU directs members to remain at home
CPS is asking parents to keep their children at home for remote learning on Thursday as CTU continues to direct their members who support pre-k and cluster programs to remain at home.
Chicago Public Schools reopening hits snag as battle with CTU escalates
Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teachers union said its members wouldn’t comply and were prepared to picket over coronavirus safety concerns.
CPS teachers discuss COVID-19 fears about returning to classrooms
On the day thousands of Chicago teachers were originally required to return to their classrooms, members of the Chicago Teachers Union held a news conference to detail their experiences with COVID-19 and the difficulties they’ve faced in negotiating with Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district
The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom before they are vaccinated against the coronavirus, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike.
Some charter schools, teachers agree on reopening plans; CTU wonders why CPS cannot do the same
Teachers working for some charter school operators have reached agreements about reopening schools while the Chicago Teachers Union continues to negotiate with Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago teachers begin vote to defy order to return to class
Chicago teachers began voting Thursday to defy orders to report for in-person class next week ahead of elementary students’ return, actions the nation’s third-largest school district said could lead to “an illegal strike.”
CTU delegates approve walkout, sending vote to full union membership
Delegates with the Chicago Teachers Union have approved a walkout, sending the vote to the full union membership.
CPS teacher lockouts are disruptive for students, parents say
About 6,000 children — all of them preschoolers and children with complex disabilities — were welcomed back in CPS classrooms Monday for the first time in 300 days, along with 1,200 teachers and 1,700 clinicians.