CTA unveils new Red Line station designs

Four Red Line stations on the North Side are set to undergo complete makeovers this spring to widen their platforms and add elevators and escalators.

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.

$75 million gift to UChicago’s school of social work ‘will make deep and sustained change’

The University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration will receive a $75 million donation, which the school says is the largest gift ever given to a school of social work.

Chicago principals offer school reopening plan amid COVID-19 pandemic

Chicago Public Schools should allow students back into classrooms in no more than 100 facilities and then gradually reopen others, an organization of school principals proposed Wednesday, saying most of them doubt the nation’s third-largest school district can safely handle a mass reopening.

CPS seeks alternatives to in-school officers

Chicago Public Schools plans to partner with community organizations to create new "trauma-informed safety approaches," following a summer of student-led protests against officers in schools.

CTU members threatening to strike over coronavirus safety concerns
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Brian Weinthal, employment attorney with Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, PC, examines the legality of a potential strike by the Chicago Teachers Union in wake of fears for their own safety.

Man stabbed on Red Line train between Berwyn, Argyle stops

A man was stabbed Tuesday on a CTA Red Line train between the Berwyn and Argyle stops on the North Side.

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 building engineers reach new 3-year deal with retroactive raises

The union representing Chicago Public Schools building engineers reached a three-year labor agreement with facility management companies contracted by CPS, officials announced Monday.

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.

Man struck by train at Pink Line station

Pink Line service was disrupted Saturday on the West Side after a 25-year-old man walked onto the tracks and was struck by a train.

Police seeking man wanted for robbery on CTA Red Line platform near Englewood

Chicago police are asking for help locating a man wanted in connection with a robbery last week on a CTA platform near Englewood on the South Side.